Rom. xv. 19.ILLYRICUM. St. Paul says, that he preached the Gospel from Jerusalem round about unto Illyricum. Illyricum is a province in Europe, whereof the old northern limits were the two Pannonias, the Adriatic sea to the south, Istria to the west, and Upper Mæsia and Macedonia to the east, so that S. Paul preached in Syria, Phœnicia, Arabia, Cilicia, Pamphilia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Galatia, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Phrygia, Troas, Asia, Caria, Lycia, Ionia, Lydia, the isles of Cyprus and Crete, Thracia, Macedonia, Thessalia, and Achaia.
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