Pelusium

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, romanizedsin; 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.