A titular see of Palestine, said to be identical with the eminence of Tell' Arad on the way from Petra to Hebron (cf. Numbers 21:1; Judges 1:16). Its episcopal list is given in Le Quien.
LE QUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), III, 777-780; SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, s.v.
APA citation. Arad. (1907). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01677a.htm
MLA citation. "Arad." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01677a.htm>.
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Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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