X-Nico

unusual facts about Caesarea Maritima



Firmilian

Later, when bishop, Eusebius records (Ecclesiastical History, VI, xxvi-xxviii), he invited Origen to his own country, at the time (232–35) when the great teacher was staying in Caesarea of Palestine.

Julianus ben Sabar

Julianus declared himself King of Israel, taking Jeroboam as his model, and led a Samaritan army to ravage the cities of Scythopolis, Caesarea Maritima, Neapolis, Bethlehem, and Emmaus.

Minuscule 88

The manuscript was written by Evagrius and compared with Pamphilus copy at Caesarea.


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