- One of the dynasties that ruled over Egypt and the
surrounding Arab countries in the 9th century. - See note no. 12 above.
- S. Soleiman, op. cit., p. 427.
- The sea-coast province, lying between the Rosetta
and Damietta Vile branches, right on the
Mediterranean. - A town twenty kilometers south of the coast and
about forty kilometres southwest of the city of
Damietta which is at the mouth of the Eastern branch
of the Nile. - Coptic Synaxarium. 1969 ed: vol. 2, pp. 139-142
(under the l2th day of the Coptic month Bashans). - Arabic Ms. by Yoannis, Bishop of Burullus, written
in 1482 AM (or 1776 AD). This ms. is kept in the
Church of St. Stephen adjoining the old Coptic
Cathedral of St. Mark in the centre of the city of
Cairo. - It has been my privilege to visit the shrine of St.
Dimiana on the occasion of the celebration of her
feast, in May of 1955. It was an exhilarating,
unforgettable experience to stand on the spot
sanctified by such heroic self-immolation. The
sanctuary where the Saint and her companions are
interred is a rotunda consisting of four pillars each of
which comprises four assembled columns, bearing a
elle
(Elle)
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