Sacred Atlas

Canonical Place Record

Seleucia Pieria

Port of Syrian Antioch where Barnabas and Saul set sail for Cyprus in Acts 13. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationHatay Province, Turkey
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs1

High confidence

Modern identification

Çevlik / Samandağ - Hatay Province, Turkey

Coordinates36.1240, 35.9220
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Acts 13:4

Why this place is in the atlas

Port of Syrian Antioch where Barnabas and Saul set sail for Cyprus in Acts 13.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Seleucia Pieria Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Port of Syrian Antioch where Barnabas and Saul set sail for Cyprus in Acts 13. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a6d306d, urlSlug: seleucia, friendlyId: Seleucia OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 36.124, longitude: 35.922, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Hatay Province Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Acts 13:4 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes Biblical era context requires editorial review., Modern context requires editorial review. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown