Field of the Galileans
Space where the Galileans camped during the great Pilgrimage festivals to Jerusalem. Site of the Lord's Ascension.
Description
Maria Valtorta repeatedly describes the meeting place of the Galileans during their Pilgrimages to Jerusalem. "The famous Field of the Galileans (…) is none other than a part of the Mount of Olives closer to the road to Bethany and even the latter passes through it. And it is also precisely the place where, in a distant vision, I saw Joachim and Anne camp with Alphaeus as a very small child, near other brush huts at the Tabernacles that preceded the conception of the Virgin. (…) To its left, for one looking facing north, there is a slight depression and then another hilltop even less sloped than that of the Olive Grove. It is here, on this plateau, that the Galileans camp"[1]. The mystic further specifies that this camp is located "halfway on the road between Bethany and Jerusalem"[2].
Jesus passes many times at this place, and it is from here that He ascends to Heaven on the day of the Ascension[3].
Its Name
Field of the Galileans. This historically plausible name is specific to Maria Valtorta. Anne-Catherine Emmerich refers to it without specifying, notably in her account of the Ascension.
Where Is It Mentioned in the Work?
EMV 279.1. EMV 638.17.
Learn More About the Place
Located northeast of the Temple, on the Mount of Olives, this was the gathering place of the Galileans during the Pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
Explore
- 31° 47’ N / 35° 14’ 40’’ E /
- +800m
Notes and References
Article partially written based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Jean-François Lavère.
- ↑ EMV 279.1.
- ↑ EMV 592.16.
- ↑ Acts 1:9-12 | EMV 638.17.