E00589: The Piacenza Pilgrim mentions the monastery of *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239) at the foot of Mount Carmel (Palestine) and the stones which prevent miscarriage. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 570.

Pilgrim of Piacenza, Itinerarium 3

First recension
Castra Samaritanorum a Sucamina miliario subtus monte Carmelo. Super ipsa castra miliario semis monasterium sancti Helisaei, ubi ei occurrit mulier, cuius filium suscitauit. In Carmelo monte inuenitur petra modica rotunda, quam dum exagitas sonat, quae solida est. Talis autem est uirtus petrae: si suspensa fuerit mulieri uel cuicumque animali, iactum numquam faciet.

'The Camp of the Samaritans is one mile from Sycamina, below Mount Carmel, and half a mile above this camp is the monastery of saint Elisha, where the woman met him, whose son he brought back to life. On Mount Carmel is found a small round rock which rattles when you shake it, though it is solid. It has the virtue that any woman or animal to whom it is attached will never miscarry.'

The second recension follows the text of the first without important modifications.

Text: Geyer 1898, 160 and 195. Translation: Wilkinson 2002, 131, modified.