Places in the Bible · Settlement

Rhegium

Rhegium is a settlement mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Reggio Calabria. The name means “rupture; fracture.”

ruins at Reggio Calabria
ruins at Reggio Calabria · Photo: Enric (CC-BY-SA-4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Rhegium?

Approx. 38.1088, 15.6441 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
Reggio CalabriasettlementHigh

Rhegium in the Bible dictionary

Breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Acts 28:13). It is now called Rheggio.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Rhegium

  • Acts 28:13

    And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

Events at Rhegium