Egeria (nun) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In early Chistian history, Egeria is the name of a nun who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about the 380s, taking about three years to do it, and who wrote a long letter to her beloved community of nuns at home (somewhere not far from the Rhone) describing her travels. Only a part of it, three months' worth, survives, but in the 12th century a monk named Valerius wrote a synopsis that gives us a sketch of the rest. The manuscript is known as the Itineraria Egeriae.The manuscript has been translated several times, but the best for the average reader is George Wilkinson, Egeria's Travels: newly translated, 1999 with supporting documents and notes.