Darnis (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Sophrone Pétridès · 1913
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Description
A short entry describes Darnis, a metropolitan Libyan titular see in Egypt. Ptolemy and Ammianus Marcellinus place it in Pentapolis, and it became the civil and then religious metropolis of Libya Secunda, or Marmarica. Bishops known number only three, perhaps four, from the fourth or sixth century to around 600.
The city is now Derneh, also written Dernah, Terneh, or Ternah, a small port at the head of a Mediterranean bay where the French admiral Gantheaume came ashore in 1700. It lies east of Benghazi in Tripolitana, with 2,000 inhabitants living by fishing and coastal trade. Darne is another form of the name, while Dardanis is an error, and the entry warns against confusing the two.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sophrone Pétridès |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 0 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |