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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lepanto |
 | | Italian name for Naupactos (Naupactus) a titular metropolitan see of ancient Epirus. |
 | | The name Naupactus (dockyard) is said to have originated in the traditional building of a fleet there by Heraclidae (Strabo, IX, ix, 7). |
 | | The site must have been chosen because of the strong position of the hill, the fertile plains of the neighbourhood, and the many streams. |
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