Calvary

Calvary (Latin: Calvariae, or Calvariae locus) or Golgotha (Biblical Greek: Γολγοθᾶ), derived from Golgolta (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: גולגולתא), was a site immediately outside Roman Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has traditionally been associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site traditionally believed to have been identified by the Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about 500 m (1,600 ft) north of the traditional site.