Capernaum
- Ancient name
- Capernaum
- Modern country
- Israel
- Coordinates
- 32.88, 35.58
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364154
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village along the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee; it appears numerous times in the New Testament as the home of the tax collector Matthew, and a town where Jesus spent time teaching. Its site was abandoned in the 11th century even before the First Crusade.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M142
Variant spellings of Capernaum in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Caffarnau [?] | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Capernaum.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/capernaum/.