Pelusium

Today in : Egypt
First trace of activity : ca. 8th century B.C.E
Last trace of activity : 1117 C.E
Recorded names : Per-Amun, Sena, Seyân, Sin, Pelousion, Paramoun, Peremoun, Peromi, Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ, Ⲥⲓⲛ, Sin, סִין‎, الفرما‎, Tell el-Farama

Description : Pelusium (Arabic: الفرما‎; Coptic: Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ or Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ), was an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said, becoming a Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan archbishopric, remaining a multiple Catholic titular see.

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