Philæ, an island of syenite stone in the Nile, near Assouan, in Nubia, 1200 ft. long and 50 ft. broad; is almost covered with ancient buildings of great beauty, among which is a temple of Isis, with a great gateway dating from 361 B.C., which was converted into a church in 577.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Philador, François André * Philatory