The historical and Christian origins of Sidon dates back to the New Testament, in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 15: 21-28) reports: "From there, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon" and in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 7, 31) states: "Jesus left the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee midst of the coasts of Decapolis". On the arrest and imprisonment of Paul, in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 27.3): "The next day we touched at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul the benevolent, allowed him to go to his friends and to seek care." However, the presence of a bishop is historically attested for the first time at the First Council of Nicaea of 325.