Place

• Africa
  • Africa — Continent; referenced as a place where new species of hybrid animals arise daily from the mixture of various species
  • Alutina — Ancient North African city; seat of Bishop Fundanus, who surrendered the sacred books to persecutors, but a miraculous shower saved them from burning
  • Ethiopia — Land south of Egypt; home of the gymnosophists and the fabled Table of the Sun
• Asia
  • India — Subcontinent in southern Asia; Apollonius penetrated the most opulent kingdoms of India and reached the Brahmans
• Asia Minor
  • 📁 Cappadocia
  • 📁 Pontus
  • Antioch in Armenia — City in Armenia; seat of St. Macarius as Archbishop
  • Dardania — Ancient city in the Troad (northwestern Asia Minor); founded by Dardanus in the 120th year of Moses
  • Ephesus — Major city in western Asia Minor; both drove out and blessed Paul
  • Lampsacus — Ancient Greek city on the Hellespont in Asia Minor; birthplace of the philosopher Strato
  • Troy — Ancient city in northwestern Asia Minor; its destruction is dated to 410 years after the birth of Moses
• Biblical Figures
  • Canaan — The biblical promised land; referenced in the quotation from Baruch that true wisdom "has not been heard in Canaan"
  • Engedi — Oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea; mentioned in the Song of Songs quotation in Lapide's peroration
  • Judah — Kingdom of the southern Israelite tribes; referenced in connection with Ahaz and Hezekiah
  • Laish — Ancient Canaanite city later renamed Dan; Lapide notes that at Genesis 14:15, the city of Laish is called Dan
  • Merrha — Biblical commercial city; its merchants listed alongside those of Teman in Baruch's passage as seekers of earthly prudence who have not known the way of wisdom
  • Midian — Region east of the Gulf of Aqaba; Moses fled there from Egypt and spent 40 years pasturing sheep and contemplating divine wisdom
  • Mount Abarim — Mountain range east of the Jordan; Moses died there and was buried by angels
  • Paradise — The garden where God placed Adam and Eve; Lapide affirms it is to be understood historically
  • Phison — One of the rivers of paradise mentioned in Genesis; Jerome identifies it with a very wide river that Apollonius crossed on his way to the Brahmans
  • Plains of Moab — Biblical location east of the Jordan River where the Israelites mourned Moses' death
  • Segor — Small city near the Dead Sea to which Lot fled from the destruction of Sodom
  • Seir — Mountain range south of the Dead Sea, named after Esau; used by Lapide as an example of prolepsis
  • Sinai — Sacred mountain where Moses received the law from God and stood twice for 40 days fasting and conversing with God
  • Sodom — Wicked city destroyed by God in Genesis; Christ recalled Sodom to terrify the obstinate minds of the Jews
  • Tabor — Mountain in Galilee where Christ was transfigured and Moses and Elijah appeared with Him
  • Teman — Region in Edom; referenced in Baruch's passage that true wisdom has not been seen there
• Bodies of Water
  • Pontus Euxinus — Large body of water north of Asia Minor; fish prefer its sweeter waters for nurturing offspring
  • Red Sea — Body of water between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula; Moses divided it for the Israelites to pass through
• Europe
  • 📁 Belgium
  • 📁 England
  • 📁 France
  • 📁 Germany
  • 📁 Greece
  • 📁 Hungary
  • 📁 Italy
  • 📁 Low Countries
  • 📁 Spain
  • 📁 Turkey
  • Cyprus — Island in the eastern Mediterranean; location of copper furnaces where pyraustae (fireflies) are born
  • Greece — Ancient civilization; Lacordaire describes Greece as a spiritual homeland that never dies
  • Sirmium — Ancient Roman city in Pannonia (modern Serbia); site of a council whose decrees Lapide discusses
  • Spain — Westernmost region of Europe; nobles came from the farthest borders of Spain to visit Titus Livius
• Europe Asia
  • Caucasus — Mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; Apollonius crossed the Caucasus on his journey eastward
• Middle East
  • 📁 Assyria
  • 📁 Egypt
  • 📁 Iraq
  • 📁 Israel
  • 📁 Jordan
  • 📁 Mesopotamia
  • 📁 Palestine
  • 📁 Syria
  • Arabia — Region east and south of Palestine; Paul visited Arabia after his conversion, before going to Jerusalem
  • Edom — Region south of Judea inhabited by the descendants of Esau (Edomites)
  • Egypt — Ancient land; place of Moses' captivity under Pharaoh and a region full of monastic life
  • Lebanon — Mountain region in the ancient Near East; referenced in Isaiah 40 as a biblical illustration of God's immensity
  • Mesopotamia — Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates; named as full of followers of monastic Christian philosophy
  • Moab — Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea; its leaders are struck in Balaam's prophecy of Christ
  • Persia — Ancient empire east of Mesopotamia; Apollonius entered Persia on his journey eastward
  • Phoenicia — Ancient coastal region on the eastern Mediterranean; Cadmus was the first to bring Greek letters from Phoenicia to the Greeks
  • Tyre — Ancient Phoenician port city; Ezekiel describes the wealth and fall of its king
• Sacred Sites
  • Our Lady of Aspromont — Marian shrine near Louvain, renowned for miracles