Pelusium

Pelusium (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jmn; Coptic: Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ, romanized: Peremoun, or Ⲥⲓⲛ, romanized: Sin; Greek: Πηλουσιον, translit. Pēlousion; Latin: Pēlūsium; Arabic: الفرما‎ al-Faramā; Egyptian Arabic: تل الفرما‎ Tell el-Farama) was an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said. It became a Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan archbishopric and remained a multiple Catholic titular see and an Eastern Orthodox active archdiocese.

This article is about Pelusium. It is not to be confused with biblical city of Syene.
For the town of ancient Thessaly, see Pelusium (Thessaly).

Pelusium
Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ⲥⲓⲛ
الفرما
Pelusium
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°02′30″N 32°32′42″E
Country Egypt
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
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