Paragraph:
V, 6
Translation:
Sebastia, once called Samaria, has in its church the resting-place of the body of holy John Baptist, and also of Elisha and Obadiah.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the church of the tomb of Saint John the Baptist, presumably from a passage lost in the MS of Egeria's itinerary of AD 381-384, as recorded in a guidebook compiled 1137.