Location: Sur / Lebanon

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Event Hygeburg.VitWillibaldi  4, pp. 95-100   They set out and travelled to Damascus, then to Nazareth, Cana, Mount Thabor, Tiberias, the village of Magdalene, Capharnaum, Bethsaida, Corazain, Caesarea, the River Jordan (where Willibald 4 bathed himself), Galgala, Jericho and Jerusalem. On the feast of St Martin they went to the Calvary and as soon as they reached the spot, Willibald 4 felt sick and was confined to his bed until a week before Christmas. Then he went to the Church of Holy Sion, Salomon's Porch, the valley of Josaphat and Mount Olivet. Then they went to Bethlehem and a large town called Theuca, where the holy innocents were slaughtered. Thence they went to Gaza (where Willibald 4 lost his sight and was blind for two months), Saint Zacharias and Hebron. When he returned to Jerusalem, he received his sight. He stayed there for a little while. Then he resumed his travelling and went to Lydda, Joppa, Tyre, Sidon, Tripoli, Damascus, Caesarea and back to Jerusalem, where he spent the whole winter. Then they went to Emesia, Salamias (where he spent the whole season of Lent), Damascus and back to Jerusalem for the fourth time.
Event Hygeburg.VitWillibaldi  4, pp. 100-2   They went to Sebaste, Ptolomaeis and Tyre for the second time, where they were arrested and soon released. Afterwards they sailed for the whole of the winter and landed at Constantinople. Willibald 4 stayed there for two years, then went to Nicaea and returned to Constantinople. After two years he set sail from there and went to Syracuse. Thence they came to Catania, Reggio Calabria and the island of Volcano. After seeing the terrible burning fire of the volcano, they went to Lipari, Naples, Capua, Teano and the monastery of Monte Cassino.