Holy Land during Byzantine rule

Georgian saint

siege in 637

part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

Byzantine province (390-636)

Roman/Byzantine province (c.300-636)

Roman/Byzantine province (c. 194–630s)

614 siege and conquest of Jerusalem by Sasanian forces

Palestinian monk, biographer (6th century)

Byzantine province (390-636)

5th/6th century revolts by Samaritans against the Byzantine Empire

5th-century Byzantine church in the Holy Land

Arculf was a Frankish churchman who toured the Holy Land around 670. Bede claimed he was a bishop from Gaul (). According to Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (V, 15), Arculf was shipwrecked on the shore of Iona on his return from his pilgrimage. He was hospitably received by Adomnán, the abbot of the island monastery from 679 to 704, to whom he gave a detailed narrative of his travels. Adomnán, with aid from some further sources, was able to produce De Locis Sanctis ("on the sacred places"), a descriptive work in three books dealing with Jerusalem, Bethlehem, other sites in

unidentified Christian pilgrim

614 siege, part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

philosopher and teolog

historical geography of ancient Israel / Holy land

4th-7th century period

archaeological site in Salfit Governorate, Palestine