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Magdala (settlement)

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An ancient town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee

Names

  • Latin: Magdalis 1
  • Latin: Magdalum 2-3

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 2 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 3 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Odoric of Pordenone 1 1318-13301330c. 13501864

Sources

  • 1Magdalis: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII. [Latin].
  • 2Magdalum: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), V 9. [Latin].
  • 3Magdalum: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 26. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Magdala” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17918.

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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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