Where is Lydda where St. Peter cured Aeneas of paralysis?
In the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, St. Peter cured Aeneas, a Christian of the town of Lydda in Israel of paralysis. Peter said “Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you. Get up and make your bed.” Upon seeing this miracle, all the inhabitants of Lydda were converted to Christianity. So an early Christian community resided at Lydda. The people of Joppa went to Lydda to get Peter to come to Joppa and see Tabitha. St. Peter then raised Tabitha from the dead. Lydda is 12 miles southeast of Joppa and 25 miles from Jerusalem. The bishop of Lydda attended the council of Nicea in 325 A.D. Nicea in Turkey was the summer residence of the Roman emperor Constantine. Lydda is probably most famous as the town where St. George was martyred c. 303 under the persecutions of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Father J. Delaney says St. George may have been a soldier or tribune in the imperial Roman army. Later legend says St. George was a Christian knight who came to Libya in northern Afri
