Editing Arculf (section)

{{Short description|Late 7th c. Frankish bishop, traveler in the Levant}}
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'''Arculf''' was a [[Franks|Frankish]] churchman who toured the [[Holy Land]] around 670. [[Bede]] claimed he was a bishop from [[Gaul]] ({{lang|la|Galliarum episcopus}}). According to Bede's ''[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'' (V, 15), Arculf was shipwrecked on the shore of [[Iona]] on his return from his pilgrimage. He was hospitably received by [[Adomnán]], the [[Abbot of Iona|abbot of the island monastery]] from 679 to 704, to whom he gave a detailed narrative of his travels. Adomnán, with aid from some further sources, was able to produce ''[[De Locis Sanctis]]'' ("on the sacred places"), a descriptive work in three books dealing with [[Jerusalem]], [[Bethlehem]], [[List of Christian holy places in the Holy Land|other sites in the Holy Land]], and briefly with [[Alexandria]] and [[Constantinople]]. Many details about Arculf's journeys can be inferred from this text.