Location: Ephesus / Turkey

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Event Hygeburg.VitWillibaldi  4, pp. 92-7   After asking his kinsmen to accompany him with their prayers, Willibald 4 set off on his journey with two companions (Anonymi 743). They reached Sicily going through Fondi, Gaeta, Naples and Reggio Calabria. Sailing from Syracuse, they reached Monembasia, then Chios, Samos and Ephesus. There they went to the spot of the Seven Sleepers and the tomb of St John, the Evangelist. They spent a day in Phigela and pursued their journey to Hierapolis and Patara. Afterwards they sailed and reached Miletus. Thence they crossed over by sea to Mount Chelidonium and traversed the whole of it. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus and went to the city of Pamphos, where they stayed three weeks. Then they went to Constantia before setting sail to reach Antarados. They went on foot to a fort called Arche and the town of Emesa. At this point, almost at once, Willibald 4 and his seven companions (Anonymi 744) were arrested by the Saracens.
Event Anon.VitaEdwardiRegis  II.7   Once during an Easter feast at the royal court at Westminster Edward 15 received a vision of the Seven Sleeping saints, that they turned on their left side and would lie thus for seventy-four years, after which many things written in the Gospel would come to pass. Harold 3 was very surprised by the vision and sent ambassadors to Ephesus, Greece, to see the saints, which indeed took place.