Paragraph:
35
Translation:
Leaving the city of Elusa we entered the desert. Twenty miles on is a fort, the guesthouse of Saint George which provides something of a refuge for passers-by and gives food for hermits.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the guesthouse of St George on the way south of Elusa, from an itinerary of ca. AD 570.
The guesthouse (xenodochium) of Saint George has been tentatively identified by Baumgarten with the monastic remains excavated at Mizpe Shivta, a suggestion accepted by Figueras.