Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian

Ludolf von Suchen

fl. 1336–1341 · Germany

German traveller, active 1336–1341.

Life and work

  1. 1336–1341
    Westphalian priest who visited Cyprus on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land; his Latin account (De Terra Sancta et itinere Hierosolymitano) describes the kingdom, the three bishoprics, Paphos 'well-nigh destroyed by frequent earthquakes' and the former 'castle of Venus' near Paphos where an idol of Venus was adored.

    CyprusCobham 1908, pp. 18-19Maier & Karageorghis 1984, p. 16

  2. 1336–1341
    Seen by Maier & Karageorghis as one of the medieval pilgrims who uniformly located the ruins of the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Kato Paphos (obviously Saranda Kolones); the identification of Old Paphos at Kouklia only came in the early 16th century.

    PaphosMaier & Karageorghis 1984, p. 16Maier & Karageorghis 1984, p. 324

Sources

  1. 1.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  2. 2.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  3. 3.F. G. Maier, V. Karageorghis (1984). Paphos: History and Archaeology. 383 pp.. Nicosia, A. G. Leventis Foundation.