Pelusium

For the town of ancient Thessaly, see Pelusium (Thessaly).
This article is about Pelusium. Not to be confused with biblical city of Syene.

Pelusium
Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ⲥⲓⲛ
الفرما
Pelusium is located in Egypt
Pelusium
Pelusium
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°02′30″N 32°32′42″E / 31.04167°N 32.54500°E / 31.04167; 32.54500
Country Egypt
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
Map of ancient Lower Egypt showing Pelusium

Pelusium (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jmn; Coptic: Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ, romanized: Peremoun, or Ⲥⲓⲛ, romanized: Sin;[1] Hebrew: סִין, romanized: sin; Koinē Greek: Πηλούσιον, romanized: Pēlousion; Latin: Pēlūsium; Egyptian Arabic: تل الفرما, romanized: Tell el-Farama[2]) was an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km (19 mi) to the southeast of the modern Port Said.[3] It became a Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan archbishopric and remained a multiple Catholic titular see and an Eastern Orthodox active archdiocese.[4]

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  2. ^ "Pelusium – Tell Farama". pcma.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. (15 September 2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 70, 74. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ "Holy Archdioceses". Patriarchate of Alexandria. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2020.