Byblos (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Siméon Vailhé · 1913
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Description
Byblos, Greek for Gebal or The Mountain, ranks among the oldest cities of Phoenicia, named in an Egyptian record as early as 1550 B.C. Its people excelled at stone and wood carving and at shipbuilding, and kings ruled it until Pompey dethroned the last of them. The city is best known for its temple of Adonis, whose worship spread from Byblos across Greece and Italy.
As a Christian see Byblos answered to Tyre, and one tradition names John Mark, companion of Saint Paul and Saint Barnabas, as its first bishop. An earthquake ruined the city in 551, and the Crusaders took it in 1104, after which Latin bishops held the see into the 1500s. Today it is the village of Gebail, with about 1,000 people, thirteen churches, a Crusader castle, and ruins of temples to Adonis and Isis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Siméon Vailhé |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |