Paragraph:
I, 24
Translation:
THE TOMB OF LAZARUS, THE CHURCH BUILT OVER IT, AND THE ADJOINING MONASTERY.
Besides his pilgrimages to the holy places already described, Arculf also went to visit Bethany, a small clearing with a vast olive grove all around. In it is a great monastery, and a great church, which is built over the cave from which the Lord raised Lazarus when he had been dead for four days.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the great church and monastery built over the Lazarus' tomb at Bethany, from an itinerary of ca. AD 681-684, composed ca. 698.