The Pilgrimage of Wealthy Pious Christian Women from Rome to the Holy Land in the Fourth to Sixth Centuries AD.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54134/jjha.15.3.3Keywords:
Pilgrimage in Christianity, Female Ascetics, Daily Religious Practices, Religious and Social Foundations.Abstract
This study examines the pilgrimage of Christian women ascetics in the early Christian period from the fourth to sixth centuries AD, focusing on wealthy Roman women who were influenced by the Church Fathers, such as Jerome and left their world, freedom, family and social class. They sold their properties in order to come to the Holy Land (the Land of the Bible) to visit the holy places and the desert hermits and to build monasteries, hospitals, hospices, orphanages and accomodations for old people through the Holy Land.
The pilgrimage of women ascetics was a characteristic feature of the period. In spite of the difficult journey, these ascetic women came to fulfill their religious and spiritual needs. These women have been remembered throughout the ages for their faith, piety, tenderness, purity and devotion and have served as role models for women after them.
This study examines the concept of pilgrimage in Christianity and the pilgrimage of the women ascetics and their religious and social accomplishments in the Holy Land.
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