The first major medieval reference to this figure is found in the "Flores historiarum" of Roger of Wendover, who reports his name as Cartiphilus, while an Italian variant of the story uses the name Giovanni Buttadeo. John, Chapter 18, Verses 20-22 are often cited as the basis of the story, which was famously revived in a 1602 German pamphlet in which he is named Ahasuerus, and which tells of his taunting of Christ while on the way to the crucifixion, prompting Jesus to respond "I stand and rest, but you will go on." FTP
The first major medieval reference to this figure is found in the "Flores historiarum" of Roger of Wendover, who reports his name as Cartiphilus, while an Italian variant of the story uses the name Giovanni Buttadeo. John, Chapter 18, Verses 20-22 are often cited as the basis of the story, which was famously revived in a 1602 German pamphlet in which he is named Ahasuerus, and which tells of his taunting of Christ while on the way to the crucifixion, prompting Jesus to respond "I stand and rest, but you will go on." FTP, who is this character of Christian legend doomed to live until the end of the world?
The first major medieval reference to this figure is found in the "Flores historiarum" of Roger of Wendover, who reports his name as Cartiphilus, while an Italian variant of the story uses the name Giovanni Buttadeo.
the Wandering Jew