Ptolemais
The great Canaanite port.
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
The sailors: Nicomedes the Cretan, Demetes the sailor, the Cretan sailor the miracle-worker sailor.
Description[edit | edit source]
"Jesus is in the beautiful sea-town, which on the map has a natural wide and well-protected gulf, with a capacity for taking many ships, made even safer by a large harbour wall. It must be used also a great deal for military purposes, because I see Roman triremes with soldiers on board. They are disembarking, though I do not know whether because they are relieving troops or because they are reinforcing the garrison. The harbour, that is the port, vaguely reminds me of Naples, dominated by the Vesuvian mountains."[1]
"The whole of Ptolemais appears before the eyes of the departing group, as the town is stretched along the beach with the port to the south."[2]
Notable facts[edit | edit source]
It is from this port that the exiles Syntyche and John of Endor depart.
Its name[edit | edit source]
St. John of Acre - Acco. Other names: Tel 'Akko/Acco, Tel/Tell el-Fukhkhar, Antiochia Ptolemais, Acon.
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
GRM 104
GRM 318
GRM 550
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
- Name given at the beginning of the 2nd century BC by Ptolemy of Egypt to the Canaanite port of Akko north of Carmel. It was the only natural port south of Phoenicia. It played an important role in the Jews’ fight for their freedom during the time of the Maccabees.[3] It was a Roman colony.[4]
- Mount Meron, 20 km away (1,028 m), is visible. This is possibly what makes Maria Valtorta say that the site vaguely reminds her of Naples dominated by Vesuvius.
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