Rhegium
Rhegium was a city in Italy where Paul's ship stopped on his journey to Rome.
The name Rhegium means “rupture; fracture”
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Summary
A location only mentioned at Acts 28:13; only referred to as Rhegium (Ῥήγιον).
Location
- Identified as
- Reggio Calabria
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 38.109° N, 15.644° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Paul's Journey to Romec. AD 56
- Paul arrives at Romec. AD 57
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- ῬήγιονRhegium
Mentions
- From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.