Ptolemais
The great Canaanite port.
Inhabitants or natives
The sailors: Nicomedes the Cretan, Demetes the sailor, the Cretan sailor the miracle-worker sailor.
Description
"Jesus is in this magnificent maritime city whose natural gulf can be seen on a map, immense and well protected, capable of receiving numerous ships, made even safer by a powerful harbor breakwater. It must also be used by troops, because I see Roman triremes with soldiers on board. They disembark for relief or to reinforce the garrison. The port, that is the port city, vaguely reminds me of Naples dominated by Vesuvius."[1]
"Ptolemais passes before the eyes of the travelers, spread out as it is on the shore and with the port to the south of the town."[2]
Notable facts
It is from this port that the exiles Sintica and John of Endor depart.
Its name
St. John of Acre - Acco. Other names: Tel 'Akko/Acco, Tel/Tell el-Fukhkhar, Antiochia Ptolemais, Acon.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 104
EMV 318
EMV 550
Learn more about this place
- 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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