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Archelais
The Catholic Encyclopedia
A titular see of Palestine, twelve miles west of the Jordan. Its episcopal list is given in Gams (p. 453). Another town of the same name, in Cappadocia, was founded by Archelaus, the last of the Cappadocian kings.
Sources
LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), III, 675-676; SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, 193.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Archelais'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/archelais.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.