Paralus was a historical settlement located at one of the seven
mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...
s of the
Nile,
Egypt known as Paralus or Sebennys.
[ Vailhé, Siméon.]
Paralus
The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 19 Dec. 2013 During Byzantine times it was located in the province of
Ægyptus Secunda.
The place, mentioned in the ''
Notitia Episcopatuum'',
has been abandoned and is now covered with the waters of Lake
Burullus
Lake Burullus ( ar, بحيرة البرلس, Buḥayrat al-Burullus; grc-gre, λίμνη Σεβεννυτική, limnē Sebennytikē) is a brackish water lake in the Nile Delta in Egypt, the name coming from Burullus town ( cop, Ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁ ...
.
The city was mentioned by Heroditus
Bishops of Paralas
The town was the
seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.
Types of seat
The following are examples of different kinds of seat:
* Armchair (furniture), ...
of an ancient bishopric. Several are known to us:
* Athanasius, assisted at the Council of Ephesus, in 431
* Pasmeius was present at the Robber Council of Ephesus, 449, and at the Council of Chalcedon,
* Un-named Jacobite Bishop
* Un-named Jacobite Bishop
The bishopric of Paralus is today included in the
Catholic Church's list
titular sees.
[''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 949]
References
Lakes of Egypt
Catholic titular sees in Africa
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