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Mount of Temptation (mountain)

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A hill outside Jericho where some believe Jesus was tempted by the Devil (Matt. 4:8)

Names

  • Latin: mons Quarennia 1
  • Latin: mons temptacionis 2
  • Latin: Quarentena 3-4

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

Sources

  • 1mons Quarennia: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 14, 1. [Latin].
  • 2mons temptacionis: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 38. [Latin].
  • 3Quarentena: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 35. 36. 47. 51. 56. [Latin].
  • 4Quarentena: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), LVII 1. 4. LVIII LX. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Mount of Temptation” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17941.

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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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