Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Sacred Scripture Biblical geography

Apollonia of Macedonia

APOLLONIA DI MACEDONIA

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APOLLONIA OF MACEDONIA. - A city of Mygdonia, later of eastern or "first" Macedonia: today Pollina, located south of Lake Bolbe (today Besik). Dedicated to Apollo, like other cities of the same name in Illyria and Thrace, it was of some importance (cf. Pliny, Hist. Nat., IV, 7; Athenaeus, VIII, 334), because the Via Egnatia, later extended as far as Byzantium, had its terminus there.

St. Paul, with Silas (Acts 17, 3), made a stop there during his second apostolic journey, going from Philippi to Thessalonica, from which A. is 57 km. away; but there is no evidence that he preached there.

Connected with A. is the episcopal see of Hierissos (Gerisso), today a titular see.

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By Giuseppe Priero

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1648.

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Priero, Giuseppe. “Apollonia di Macedonia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1648. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/apollonia-di-macedonia.

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Priero, Giuseppe. “Apollonia di Macedonia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1648. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/apollonia-di-macedonia.

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@incollection{ec1_apollonia_di_macedonia,
  author    = {Priero, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Apollonia di Macedonia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1648},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/apollonia-di-macedonia}
}

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