Paragraph:
27
Translation:
When they had been (in Jerusalem) for a time they came to the city of Sebastia, which had formerly been called Samaria: but this was later destroyed and people built a village on the site of what had been Samaria, and named the village Sebastia. John the Baptist, Obadiah, and Elisha the Prophet now lie buried there.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the tomb of John the Baptist in the city of Sebastia, from an itinerary of AD 722-729, composed ca. 780.