Berroea
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Beroea (, also transcribed as Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The town is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a place in which the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy preached the Christian Gospel.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- polis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Veria Municipality
- Location
- Veria
- Image
- Αγιος Πατάπιος (πίσω αύλιος χώρος).jpg
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- replaced by
- Veria
- located in/on physical feature
- Macedonia
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5108
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Beroea
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- New Testament references
- Bishopric
- History
- Known bishops
- Catholic titular bishops of Berrhoea
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Beroea (, also transcribed as Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The town is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a place in which the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy preached the Christian Gospel.
==Location== Berea was in southwestern Macedonia. The city's foundation stood where Veria, or Kar-Verria, in Greece is today. In its unique position, it had a variety of terrain surrounding the city since then.
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