Editing Pontius Pilate (section)

====Western Europe====
Several places in Western Europe have traditions associated with Pilate. The cities of [[Lyon]] and [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]] in modern France claim to be Pilate's birthplace: Vienne has a ''Maison de Pilate'', a ''Prétoire de Pilate'' and a ''Tour de Pilate''.{{sfn|Demandt|2012|p=104}} One tradition states that Pilate was banished to Vienne where a Roman ruin is associated with his tomb; according to another, Pilate took refuge in a mountain (now called [[Mount Pilatus]]) in modern Switzerland, before eventually committing suicide in a lake on its summit.{{sfn|Grüll|2010|p=164}} This connection to Mount Pilatus is attested from 1273 AD onwards, while [[Lake Lucerne]] has been called "Pilatus-See" (Pilate Lake) beginning in the fourteenth century.{{sfn|Demandt|2012|pp=104–105}} A number of traditions also connected Pilate to Germany. In addition to Mainz, [[Bamberg]], [[Hausen, Upper Franconia]] were also claimed to be his place of birth, while some traditions place his death in the [[Saarland]].{{sfn|Demandt|2012|pp=105–106}}

The town of [[Tarragona]] in modern Spain possesses a first-century Roman tower, which, since the eighteenth-century, has been called the "Torre del Pilatos", in which Pilate is claimed to have spent his last years.{{sfn|Grüll|2010|p=164}} The tradition may go back to a misread Latin inscription on the tower.{{sfn|Grüll|2010|p=165}} The cities of [[Huesca]] and [[Seville]] are other cities in Spain associated with Pilate.{{sfn|Demandt|2012|p=104}} Per a local legend,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/pontius-pilates-scottish-roots-a-joke-rk0qms770t6 |title=Pontius Pilate's Scottish roots 'a joke' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |first=Mark |last=Macaskill |date=2010-01-03 |url-access=limited |access-date=2020-01-17 }}</ref> the village of [[Fortingall]] in Scotland claims to be Pilate's birthplace, but this is almost certainly a 19th-century invention—particularly as the Romans did not invade the British Isles until 43.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/mystery-of-the-5-000-year-old-yew-of-fortingall-1-4292618 |newspaper=The Scotsman |title=Mystery of the '5,000-year-old' yew of Fortingall |first=Alison |last=Campsie |date=2016-11-17 |access-date=2020-01-17 }}</ref>