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	Article: The City of Eleutheropolis (by Amos Kloner)
		The city of Eleutheropolis is depicted in the Madaba mosaic map as a large settlement to the southwest of Jerusalem.
		Eleutheropolis (Bet Guvrin) was located some 53 kms south-southwest of Jerusalem, in the midst of the Judaean Shephelah (hilly region), 39 kms east of Ascalon (Ashkelon).
		In the Church of St. Stephen at Umm al-Rasas eight western Palestinian towns are depicted in the northern belt of the church's mosaic floor (Piccirillo and Alliata 1994: 177, 182, 217-224).
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/articles/KlonerEleutheropolis.html (1722 words)

	Eleutheropolis
		In 393, during the episcopate of Zebennus, the relics of the Prophets Habakuk and Micah were found at Ceila and Tell Zakariya near Eleutheropolis (Sozom., H.E., VII, xxix).
		At Eleutheropolis was born St. Epiphanius, the celebrated bishop of Salamis in Cyprus; at Ad in the neighbourhood he established a monastery which is often mentioned in the polemics of St. Jerome with Rufinus and John, Bishop of Jerusalem.
		The latter beheaded (638) at Eleutheropolis fifty soldiers of the garrison of Gaza who had refused to apostatize.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/eleutheropolis.html (423 words)

	Discussion: 83. Morasthi whence was Micah the Prophet - (al-Bassal)
		Eleutheropolis was a bishop's see, often mentioned in ecclesiastical and administrative Byzantine source.
		Beth Govrin was called Eleutheropolis in the Roman period and this name stuck to it for the whole Byzantine period.
		Eleutheropolis became accordingly a center for exiles deported because of their faith.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/discussion/084discuss.html (1764 words)

	Eleutheropolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eleutheropolis ("city of the free") was the Greek name of a Roman city in Palestine, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem.
		At Eleutheropolis, according to the hagiographies fifty soldiers of the garrison of Gaza who had refused to deny Christ were beheaded in 638: later a church was built in their honor.
		Eleutheropolis remains a titular see in the Roman Catholic Church [6].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleutheropolis (440 words)

	St. Epiphanius
		Epiphanius, a celebrated Church Father, born in the beginning of the 4th century at Bezanduca, a village of Palestine, near Eleutheropolis.
		In his youth he resided in Egypt, where he began an ascetic course of life, and, freeing himself from Gnostic influences, invoked episcopal assistance against heretical thinkers, eighty of whom were driven from the cities.
		On his return to Palestine he was ordained presbyter by the bishop of Eleutheropolis, and became the president of a monastery which he founded near his native place.
	www.nndb.com /people/813/000095528 (492 words)

	Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 12
		Placed by Eusebius and Jerome four miles from Eleutheropolis, near Eshtaol; but, in Jermus, which is probably the same, they state it to be ten miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem; which is supposed to be nearer the truth.
		Eusebius and Jerome say it was a village in their time, seven miles south from Eleutheropolis.
		Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that Libnah was a town or village in their time, lying in the district of Eleutheropolis.
	www.godrules.net /library/treasury/treasuryjos12.htm (557 words)

	Mr. D's Skeptic Tank
		The subsequent discussions of the council were held in the palace and Constantius himself apparently took part in them.
		The proceedings were irregular and disorderly, and after some personal altercations the emperor sent Lucifer into exile His banishment lasted from 355 to 361, and was mostly spent at Eleutheropolis in Palestine, subject to the persecutions of the Arian bp.
		During his banishment, and probably at Eleutheropolis, his books or pamphlets on the controversy were written.
	pub36.bravenet.com /forum/3014139213/fetch/631847 (763 words)

	Ancient Sources: Mountain of Judah and Shephelah: 84. Eleutheropolis - (Bayt Jibrin)
		Deinde deviantes ad latus venimus in civitatem quae dicitur Eleutheropolis, in loco, in quo Samson cum maxilla asini occidit mille viros, ex qua fons processit, quae fons usque in hodiernum diem inrigat ipsa loca.
		From there we struck on a side road and came to the city called Eleutheropolis, which is where Samson killed a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass, from which a spring came forth which to this day provides water for the whole area, for we also visited the place where it rises.
		Having failed in his plan, he went to Eleutheropolis full of fury against Romanus, and applied to a sorcerer with the aim of causing the death of that man.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources084.html (285 words)

	96 MISSION AND EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY
		Anea, a village in the territory of Eleutheropolis (Πέτρος ἀσκητὴς ὁ καὶ ᾿Αψέλαμος ἀπὸ ᾿Ανέας κώμης τῶν ὅρων ᾿Ελευθεροπόλεως Mart.
		(In Anab, about six hours south of Eleutheropolis, there are ruins of a church which seem to date from the Roman period.) They were distinguished by their sites on two hills separated by a small valley; the aforesaid ruins lie on the eastern hill.
		He came from the district of Eleutheropolis (according to the longer Syriac recension of the Mart.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rs/rak/courses/535/Harnack/bk4ch3-1n.htm (9947 words)

	Smith's Bible Dictionary on StudyLight.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		About 110 B.C. it was taken from the Idumaeans by John Hyrcanus.
		It was in ruins in the fourth century, when Eusebius and Jerome describe it as in the second mile from Eleutheropolis.
		South-southwest of Beitjibrin --in all probability Eleutheropolis-and it little over a Roman mile therefrom is a site called Marash, which is possibly the representative of the ancient Mareshah.
	www.studylight.org /dic/sbd/print.cgi?number=T2841 (127 words)

	St Florian29
		Martyr with Calanicus and fifty-eight Christians who died at the hands of the Muslim ruler of Eleutheropolis.
		Florian School is a faith community comprised of priests, educators, parents and students working together to teach, learn, live and share the vision and values of the Gospel.
		Through instruction and reflection, this faith community is made aware of the teachings of Jesus and their application to our daily lives.
	quicksitemaker.com /members/milchurches/StFlorian29.html (67 words)

	The Towns in the Desert of Palestine
		30), was situated 17 English miles southwest of Eleutheropolis; and to this day there are discoverable in this position, on a high hill, some ruins of a fort, which, as I learned from records, are called Bethulia.
		Since, however, there was a spring formerly near Eleutheropolis, called Siaron, it proves to a certainty that Lechi was near Beth-Djibrin (Eleutheropolis).
		i., is, according to ancient records, a village near Eleutheropolis.
	www.jewish-history.com /Palestine/desert.html (2696 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER IN JOSHUA
		It seems to be a proverbial expression, as Ben Gersom observes, signifying that no harm was done to them by word or deed.
		Jerom says, in his time it was a village, in the region of Eleutheropolis, and was called Libnah; according to Bunting it was but two miles from Makkedah.
		Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, etc.] Perhaps the rather induced to it, because it had no king to defend it.
	www.godrules.net /library/gill/28gilljos11.htm (532 words)

	Zanoah - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Eusebius (in Onomasticon) places it at Zanna, in the district of Eleutheropolis on the Jerusalem road.
		It is represented by the modern Zanu`a, about 10 miles North of Belt Jibrin (Eleutheropolis).
		A place in the mountains (Joshua 15:56) of which Jekuthiel was the "father" or founder (1 Chronicles 4:18).
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T9299 (214 words)

	Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol I: The Church History of Eusebius.: Chapter X
		on the borders of Eleutheropolis, like purest gold, gave noble proof by fire of his faith in the Christ of God.
		Though the judge and those around him besought him many times to have compassion on himself, and to spare his own youth and bloom, he disregarded them, preferring hope in the God of the universe to all things, even to life itself.
		Of this village we know nothing, but Eleutheropolis (originally Bethozabris) was an important place lying some forty miles southwest of Jerusalem.
	www.sacred-texts.com /chr/ecf/201/2010281.htm (335 words)

	Eusebius of Caesarea, Onomasticon (1971) Translation. pp. 1-75.
		It is even now in the in the boundary of Eleutheropolis.
		The village (Bera) is eight miles north of Eleutheropolis.
		This is the same as Gargasei in the Basanitide from which the children of Israel did not drive out the Gesoureim (were not strong enough to drive out).
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/eusebius_onomasticon_02_trans.htm (9551 words)

	Hilarion - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Visitors started to come, begging for his help.
		His first miracle was when he cured a woman from Eleutheropolis who had been barren for 15 years.
		After that, he cured blindness, raised children from the dead, healed a paralysed charioteer, expelled demons, and even cured horses affected by evil magic, and a mad Bactrian Camel.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hilarion (738 words)

	Beth Guvrin (BiblePlaces.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pictured here is the OT site of Maresha, a city of Judah given to the clan of Caleb (Josh 15:44).
		Beth Guvrin had been a suburb of Maresha but it became the major living center by the Roman Period.
		Beth Guvrin eventually became Eleutheropolis (“City of the Free”) in the Late Roman period (200 A.D.) when Emperor Septimus Severus turned it into a major administrative center.
	www.bibleplaces.com /bethguvrin.htm (499 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 25
		Thus, one act of trust in God brought to Christianity one of its greatest missionaries, Paul.
		According to tradition, Ananias worked as a missionary in Damascus and Eleutheropolis, and ultimately suffered martyrdom (Benedictines, Delaney).
		Saint Apollo was an Egyptian hermit for 40 years until his 80th year, when he left the desert to fight Julian the Apostate and became abbot of over 500 monks near Hermopolis (or Heliopolis).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0125.htm (2585 words)

	Eleutheropolis - LoveToKnow 1911 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It represents the Biblical Mareshah, the ruins of which exist at Tell Sandahannah close by.
		As Betogabra it is mentioned by Ptolemy; the name Eleutheropolis dates from the Syrian visit of Septimius Severus (A.D. Eusebius in his Onomasticon uses it as a central point from which the distances of other towns are measured.
		It was destroyed in 796, rebuilt by the crusaders in 1134 (their fortress and chapel remain, much ruined).
	www.1911ency.org.cob-web.org:8888 /E/EL/ELEUTHEROPOLIS.htm (244 words)

	John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
		; according to Jerom {e}, it was four miles distant from Eleutheropolis; according to Procopius {f} fourteen, about the village Eshtaol, near to which Samson was buried, Jud 16:31
		; and which he says {k} in his time was a very large village, twelve miles from Eleutheropolis to the east; and, according to Bunting {l} it was twelve miles from Jerusalem southward.
		; the former of which is placed by Jerom {q} between Eleutheropolis and Jerusalem, and was a village in his days, and the other eight miles from Eleutheropolis, and both in the tribe of Judah, see Jos 15:35
	www.freegrace.net /Gill/Joshua/Joshua_10.htm (4661 words)

	SAINTS AND FEASTS
		His book of prophecy is divided into seven chapters; he prophesied that the Christ would be born in Bethlehem (Michaias 5: 2).
		In the reign of Saint Theodosius the Great, the holy relics of the Prophets Michaias and Abbacum were found through a divine revelation to Zebennus, Bishop of Eleutheropolis (Sozomen, Eccl.
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