Patmos
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Aegean island where St. John was exiled and received the visions of the Apocalypse.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— John stands upon the shores of Patmos as the last of the prophets, announcing the Church's transfigurations
"stands upon the shores of Patmos"