Calvary Hill, Lockenhaus
Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem in Christianity, Jerusalem's walls where Jesus in Christianity, Jesus was said to have been crucifixion of Jesus, crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage in Christianity, pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the Simultaneum, multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site Christian folklore, said to have been recognized by the Roman Empire, Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine I, Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestants, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about north of the ...
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Golgotha (Church Of The Holy Sepulchre)
Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site said to have been recognized by the Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about north of the traditional site and historian Joan Taylor has more recently proposed a location about to its south-southeast. Biblical references and names The English names Calvary and Golgotha der ...
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