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Heroon

HEROON, a City at the northern extremity or point of the Red Sea. It is in all probability the same which we at present call Suez. The Ancients call it likewise Heroopolis, and the Gulf of Suez, Sinus Heroopoliticus.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Heroon,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/h/heroon/.

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