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In early Chistian history, Egeria, also known as Ætheria, is the name of a nun who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about the 380s, taking about three years to do it, and who wrote a long letter to her beloved community of nuns at home (somewhere not far from the Rhone) describing her travels. Only a part of it, three months' worth, survives, but in the 12th century a monk named Valerius wrote a synopsis that gives us a sketch of the rest. The manuscript is known as the Itineraria Egeriae.
The manuscript has been translated several times, but the best for the average reader is John Wilkinson, Egeria's Travels: newly translated, 1999 with supporting documents and notes.
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