Lechaion: harbor and basilica

In the Bible

Paul stayed a year and a half, teaching the word of God; his second letter is addressed to the church of God in Corinth and to all the saints throughout Achaia.

Acts 18:11So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

2 Cor 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

Tradition

By tradition, the basilica was dedicated to St Leonidas, a martyr of Corinth.

Here today

The silted western harbor of Corinth and the foundations of a vast basilica of the 5th–6th centuries, one of the largest of its time.

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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).