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  2. Laodicea ad Libanum - Wikipedia

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    Laodicea ad Libanum ("Laodicea by Mount Lebanon") (Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ πρὸς Λίβανου), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Cabrosa, Scabrosa and Cabiosa Laodiceia – was an ancient Hellenistic city on the Orontes in Coele-Syria, the remains of which are found approximately 25 km southwest of Homs, Syria (at Kadesh).

  3. Laodicea on the Lycus - Wikipedia

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    Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.

  4. Paul Bassim - Wikipedia

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    Bassim was born in Zgharta, Lebanon and as a young man became a friar of the Discalced Carmelites.He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 29 June 1946.. Bassim was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut for which he was appointed as the titular bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum on 8 September 1974, and consecrated on 23 November 1974, by Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera.

  5. Kadesh (Syria) - Wikipedia

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    Continuous occupation throughout the Islamic period is likely, the mound having been named after a local Muslim saint or prophet, Nebi Mend. In Byzantine times, widespread occupation is evidenced by extensive remains at the foot of the tell, which is believed to represent the city of Laodicea ad Libanum.

  6. Laodicea - Wikipedia

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    Laodicea ad Libanum, near Homs; Laodicea ad Mare, the present city of Latakia; Other countries. ... Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus;

  7. Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno - Wikipedia

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    On January 30, 1912, Scapinelli was appointed Titular Archbishop of Laodicea ad Libanum in association with his diplomatic post to Austria-Hungary. He received his episcopal consecration on the following February 25 from Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val , with Archbishop Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi and Bishop Agostino Zampini , OSA serving as co ...

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  9. Laodicean Church - Wikipedia

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    The Christian community in Laodicea seems to have been closely connected with that of nearby Colossae (also in the Lycus valley, 10 miles (16 km) distant). [1] [2] Laodicea is mentioned four times in the New Testament's epistle to the Colossians (Col. 2:1; 4:13,15,16).