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place of the shepherds (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17910

A field outside Bethlehem where it was believed angels had appeared to shepherds who went to find the infant Jesus (Luke 2)

Names

  • Latin: locus pastorum 1

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Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 1 c. 1289c.129014th C1864

Sources

  • 1locus pastorum: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), V 7. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “place of the shepherds” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17910.

Additional credit information:

  • 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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