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The Church Fathers · c. 381–384
The Pilgrimage of Egeria
Itinerarium Egeriae
Egeria
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What it is
A woman's letters home from a three-year journey to Sinai, Jerusalem, and Edessa, describing what she saw and, at length, exactly how the Jerusalem church kept Holy Week.
Why it lasted
The earliest detailed description of the liturgical year, and the reason Western churches keep Palm Sunday and Good Friday as they do.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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