Hurbayt
هربيط ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ | |
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Coordinates: 30°44′4.79″N 31°37′14.87″E / 30.7346639°N 31.6207972°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Sharqia |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EST) |
Hurbayt ( Arabic: هربيط) is a town in Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.
It's an ancient town referred to in a stele of the 7th century BC, [1] and described by Herodotus, [2] Strabo, [3] and Pliny. [4]
It served as the capital of the nome of Pharbaethites/Lapt in Lower Egypt. [5] [1]
The town's Arabic name comes from Coptic Pharbait ( Coptic: ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ), which in turn is derived from Ancient Egyptian: Pr-Ḥrw-mr.ty, lit. 'house of the two eyed Horus'. [6] It was also known as Sheten ( Ancient Egyptian: Štꜣn). [7]
In Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt it was known as Pharbaithos ( Ancient Greek: Φάρβαιθος) or Pharbaethus. This name is reproduced under the form Karbeuthos in George of Cyprus. [8]
The original diocese was a suffragan of Leontopolis, in Augustamnica Secunda, Egypt.
There is a record of Bishop Arbetion at Nicæa in 325, [9] and Bishop Theodorus in 1086, [10] but it is possible that the latter was bishop of another Pharbætus situated further to the west, and which according to Vansleb was equally a Coptic see. John of Nikiu [11] relates that under the Emperor Phocas (602-10) the clerics of the province killed the Greek governor Theophilus.
It remains a Roman Catholic titular see under the name Pharbaetus.
Hurbayt
هربيط ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 30°44′4.79″N 31°37′14.87″E / 30.7346639°N 31.6207972°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Sharqia |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EST) |
Hurbayt ( Arabic: هربيط) is a town in Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.
It's an ancient town referred to in a stele of the 7th century BC, [1] and described by Herodotus, [2] Strabo, [3] and Pliny. [4]
It served as the capital of the nome of Pharbaethites/Lapt in Lower Egypt. [5] [1]
The town's Arabic name comes from Coptic Pharbait ( Coptic: ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ), which in turn is derived from Ancient Egyptian: Pr-Ḥrw-mr.ty, lit. 'house of the two eyed Horus'. [6] It was also known as Sheten ( Ancient Egyptian: Štꜣn). [7]
In Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt it was known as Pharbaithos ( Ancient Greek: Φάρβαιθος) or Pharbaethus. This name is reproduced under the form Karbeuthos in George of Cyprus. [8]
The original diocese was a suffragan of Leontopolis, in Augustamnica Secunda, Egypt.
There is a record of Bishop Arbetion at Nicæa in 325, [9] and Bishop Theodorus in 1086, [10] but it is possible that the latter was bishop of another Pharbætus situated further to the west, and which according to Vansleb was equally a Coptic see. John of Nikiu [11] relates that under the Emperor Phocas (602-10) the clerics of the province killed the Greek governor Theophilus.
It remains a Roman Catholic titular see under the name Pharbaetus.