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3 unusual facts about Felix Fabri


Demographic history of Jerusalem

1482: The visiting Dominican priest Felix Fabri described Jerusalem as "a collection of all manner of abominations".

Felix Fabri

He left vivid and detailed descriptions of his pilgrimages to Palestine and also in 1489 authored a book on the history of Swabia, entitled Historia Suevorum.

Jerusalem syndrome

It is known that cases of the syndrome had already been observed during the Middle Ages, since it was described in the itinerary of Felix Fabri and the biography of Margery Kempe.



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