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Akeldama (region)

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The "field of blood" outside Jerusalem, mentioned in the Matthew 27 and Acts 1.

Names

  • Latin: Acheldemach 1-3
  • Latin: ager figuli 4
  • Latin: Haceldama 5

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 2 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Odoric of Pordenone 3 1318-13301330c. 13501864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 4-5 1211-1212c.122216th C1864

Sources

  • 1Acheldemach: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII 1. 5. 6. [Latin].
  • 2Acheldemach: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 23. [Latin].
  • 3Acheldemach: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XXIII. [Latin].
  • 4ager figuli: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 8, 7. [Latin].
  • 5Haceldama: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 8. 10. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Akeldama” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17739.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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