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Lydda
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
or In Hebrew Lud or Lod, 1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33 , and by the Greeks called Diospolis, was a city nine miles east of Joppa, on the way to Jerusalem. Here Peter healed Aeneas, Acts 9:33,34 . It was destroyed not long after Jerusalem; but was soon rebuilt, and became the seat of a famous Jewish school. A Christian church was here organized, and was in existence A. D. 518. Lydda is often mentioned in the history of the crusades. It was situated in the midst of fine and extensive plains, the soil of which is a rich black mould, that might be rendered exceedingly fertile. It is at present only a miserable village called Ludd. The ruins of a stately church of the middle ages, called the church of St. George, preserve the name of a saint and martyr said to have been buried here in the third century. The English crusaders adopted him as the "patron" of England, and many fabulous legends are told of his exploits.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Lydda'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/l/lydda.html. 1859.
