Eshmun
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Eshmun was a Phoenician god of healing and the tutelary god of Sidon. His name, which means 'eighth', may reference his status as the eighth son of the god Sydyk.
Ruins of the 7th century BC Phoenician Temple of Eshmun in Sidon
Acropolium of Carthage
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The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Latin Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia.
Eshmun
…Age period at Sidon and was worshipped also in Tyre, Beirut, Cyprus, Sardinia, and in Carthage where the site of Eshmun's temple is now occupied by the acropolium of Carthage. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, Phoenician author Sanchuniathon wrote that Sydyk (meaning 'Righteousness'; sometimes equated with Jupiter) first…
Acropolium of Carthage
St. Louis Cathedral in 1899
Cathedral during the XXX Eucharistic Congress (1930)
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