Paragraph:
7
Translation:
- - - From Golgotha it is 200 paces to Holy Sion which is the Mother of All Churches: this Sion our Lord Christ founded with the apostles. It was the house of Saint Mark the Evangelist. From Holy Sion to the House of Caiaphas, which is now the Church of Saint Peter, it is about 50 paces. - - - The column which was in the House of Caiaphas, at which my Lord Christ was scourged, has now by my Lord's command found its way into Holy Sion: and you can see the way he clung to it when he was being scourged as if the marks were in wax. His arms, hands, and fingers clove to it. It shows even today. Also he made on it the impression of his whole face, chin, nose, and eyes as if it had been wax.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Description of the church of Holy Sion which also contains the pillar of Flagellation, from an itinerary of ca. AD 518-530.