Parætonium
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Parætonium is a
Darnis
.
Overview
This city, (today
oracle of Ammon. Mark Antony stopped there before Actium
.
The
Emperor Justinian
fortified it to protect Egypt on the west.
It has since disappeared and the port is partially covered with sand; the site, long called by the Arabs Baretoun, under
Tripolitana
).
Mention is made of three bishops: Titus, present at the
Le Quien
, Oriens christianus, II, 631).
External links
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Parætonium". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Parætonium". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.