Ætolia
See also: Aetolia
English
Proper noun
Ætolia
- Dated form of Aetolia.
- 1913, Catholic Encyclopedia, “Lepanto”
- Annexed to the Greek Orthodox Church in 1827, the see was suppressed in 1900, and replaced by the See of Acarnania and Naupactia, whose seat is at Missolonghi; the limits of this diocese are identical to those of the name Ætolia and Acarnania.
- Today Naupactus, chief town of the district in the province of Arcarnania and Ætolia, has 4,500 inhabitants, all Orthodox Greeks.
- 1913, Catholic Encyclopedia, “Lepanto”
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