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The Tiberias Sea and the Jordan

The Tiberias Sea and the Jordan
The Church over the House of Peter at Capernaum

In the city of Tiberias, recounts the Traveler from Placentia, were hot, saltwater baths, though the seawater as fresh. At Capernaum he saw Peter's house, over which a basilica had been built. From Capernaum he passed by camps, villages, and cities to arrive at two springs, the Jor and the Dan. The two rivers that issued from them converged to form the River Jordan, which then entered the Sea of Galilee and passed through it, flowing out of it once again on its southern shore.
Upon his return to the Sea of Galilee, the Traveler went to the place where the Jordan exited it. He crossed the river there and went to a city called Gader, where there was a hostel for the enjoyment of the public and hot springs called Termas Helias. The springs were frequented by lepers, who came there to be cured. In front of the water source was a large tub. When it filled up, the doors were closed and the patients sent inside with lamps and incense to sit in the tub for the night. The Traveler writes that a patient who was going to recover would have a vision in a dream.
When that happened, the baths were closed for seven days, at the end of which the patient was cured. At Gader, one of the Traveler's party, John of Placentia, died.