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In the year 990 Sigeric travels from Canterbury to Rome.
He was appointed Archbishop at the end of 989 or the beginning of 990.
He makes the journey to receive the pallium from the pope in Rome. After his return he writes a report on his journey to Rome and back.
He records the churches he visited in Rome and mentioned all the important places he passed by on his way back.
It is unclear whether the places mentioned are also places where he spent the night, or places that showed a route to and from Rome.
The route on this site is from Canterbury to the Swiss/Italian border.
See: Downloads/links
The Italian part of the Via Francigena is almost perfectly documented for the cyclist.
See: Downloads/links
With these cycling routes the entire route from Canterbury to Rome is mapped out for cyclists.
Sigeric describes 79 stages in his report.
It is a list of churches, cities and probably also bridges. It turns out that it is not always easy to identify these locations. For a number of locations there are several "translations" in circulation.
An extensive article by Veronica Ortenberg (fellow Oxford University) comments on many locations.
See:Downloads/links
For this trip I use the list as used by the European Association of the Vie Francigene (EAVF).
However, I will make remarks about locations that have several translations.
For the route Canterbury - Col du Grand Saint-Bernard a route has been made as short as possible, avoiding too busy roads and too bad paths.
This route includes the English, French and Swiss stages.
Below an overview of the entire tripfrom Canterbury to Rome.
In the left menu the detailled maps.
The places mentioned by Sigeric.
He makes the journey to receive the pallium from the pope in Rome. After his return he writes a report on his journey to Rome and back.
He records the churches he visited in Rome and mentioned all the important places he passed by on his way back.
It is unclear whether the places mentioned are also places where he spent the night, or places that showed a route to and from Rome.
Cycling the Via Francigena
The route on this site is from Canterbury to the Swiss/Italian border.
See: Downloads/links
The Italian part of the Via Francigena is almost perfectly documented for the cyclist.
See: Downloads/links
With these cycling routes the entire route from Canterbury to Rome is mapped out for cyclists.
The design of the route
Sigeric describes 79 stages in his report.
It is a list of churches, cities and probably also bridges. It turns out that it is not always easy to identify these locations. For a number of locations there are several "translations" in circulation.
An extensive article by Veronica Ortenberg (fellow Oxford University) comments on many locations.
See:Downloads/links
For this trip I use the list as used by the European Association of the Vie Francigene (EAVF).
However, I will make remarks about locations that have several translations.
For the route Canterbury - Col du Grand Saint-Bernard a route has been made as short as possible, avoiding too busy roads and too bad paths.
This route includes the English, French and Swiss stages.
Below an overview of the entire tripfrom Canterbury to Rome.
In the left menu the detailled maps.
The places mentioned by Sigeric.
| Number |
Mentioned
name |
Identified
as |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Sumeran | Sombre, near Wissant | ||
| 78 | Gisne | Guîsnes | ||
| 77 | Teranburh | Thérouanne | ||
| 76 | Bruwaei | Bruay-en-Artois or Bruay-la-Buissière | ||
| 75 | Atherats | Arras | ||
| 74 | Duin | Doingt | ||
| 73 | Martinwaeth | Seraucourt-le-Grand | Note 1 | |
| 72 | Mundlothuin | Laon | ||
| 71 | Corbunei | Corbeny | ||
| 70 | Rems | Reims | ||
| 69 | Catheluns | Châlons-en-Champagne | ||
| 68 | Funtaine | Fontaine-sur-Coole | ||
| 67 | Domaniant | Donnement | ||
| 66 | Breone | Brienne-la-Vieille | ||
| 65 | Bar | Bar-sur-Aube | ||
| 64 | Blaecuile | Blessonville | ||
| 63 | Oisma | Humes | Note 2 | |
| 62 | Grenant | Grenant | ||
| 61 | Sefui | Seveux | ||
| 60 | Cuscei | Cussey-sur-l'Ognon | ||
| 59 | Bysiceon | Besançon | ||
| 58 | Nos | Nods | ||
| 57 | Punterlin | Pontarlier | ||
| 56 | Antifern | Jougne |
Note 3 | |
| 55 | Urba | Orbe | ||
| 54 | Losanna | Lausanne | ||
| 53 | Vivac | Vevey | ||
| 52 | Burbulei | Versvey | Note 4 | |
| 51 | See Maurici | Saint-Maurice | ||
| 50 | Ursiores | Orsières | ||
| 49 | Petrecastel | Bourg-Saint-Pierre | ||
| 48 - 1 |
Italy |
Note 5 |
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