Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Sacred Scripture Biblical geography

Modon (Methone)

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Also known as: Spanish: Methóni; Italian: Methoni, Modone

MODON (METHONE). - In the Peloponnese (Greece), formerly the seat of a Greek bishop and, under Latin rule (1205-1500), also of a Latin bishop, today it is a village of 2,000 inhabitants. Among the Greek bishops, the theologians Nicholas (d. 1165), a dissident, and Joseph (d. 1500), a defender of the union of the Council of Florence, are famous. The series of Latin bishops is found in Eubel. M. has the glory of having been the cradle of the Congregation of the Mechitarists (v.), who built there, under the patronage of the Venetian government, the first monastery in 1706-15.

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BIBL.: M. Lequien, Oriens christianus, II, Paris 1740, pp. 230-33; III, ibid. 1740, pp. 103-106.

Giorgio Hofmann

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 1204.

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Hofmann, Giorgio. “Modon (Methone).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1204. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/modon-methone.

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Hofmann, Giorgio. “Modon (Methone).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1204. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/modon-methone.

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  author    = {Hofmann, Giorgio},
  title     = {Modon (Methone)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1204},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/modon-methone}
}

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