According the tradition this church was built over the place where Moses have been buried in the fourth-fifth century.
See:
- Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 34
- Andre Grabar, L'Âge d'or de Justinien, de la mort de Théodose à l'Islam, Paris 1966
- Art Destination Jordan, Mount Nebo, https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/mount-nebo
- Sylvester Saller, Bellarmino Bagatti, The Town of Nebo, Jerusalem 1949.
- Michele Piccirillo, Mount Nebo, Jerusalem 1988.
- Michele Piccirillo, Eugenio Alliata, Mount Nebo. New Archaeological Excavations 1967-1997, Jerusalem 1998.
- Michele Piccirillo eds, Un progetto di copertura per il Memoriale di Mosè. A 70 anni dall’inizio dell’indagine archeologica sul Monte Nebo in Giordania, Jerusalem 2004.