Pelusium
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For the town of ancient Thessaly, see Pelusium (Thessaly).
This article is about Pelusium. It is not to be confused with biblical city of Syene.
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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Pelusium
Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ⲥⲓⲛ الفرما | |
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Coordinates: 31°02′30″N 32°32′42″E | |
Country | Egypt |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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