Antipatris

Antipatris was an ancient city in Judea, near the present village of Tel Afek in Israel. The original name of the place, which appears in ancient Egyptian and biblical texts, was Aphek. In the Hellenistic period the name Pegai and Arethuse are attested. Herod the Great built the city newly built and named it after his father Antipater. According to Acts (Acts 23,31 EU), the Apostle Paul is said to have stayed as a prisoner on his way from Jerusalem to Caesarea in Antipatris. Antipatris still existed in late antiquity, when the city was the seat of a bishop. In the Diocese of the titular goes back Antipatris the Roman Catholic Church.