Terenuthis was a town in Ancient Egypt. Located roughly on the spot of the modern town of Tarrana, approximately 70 km north of Cairo in the western delta, it was named after the ancient Egyptian god Renenutet. Renenutet is one of the most ancient gods in the Egyptian pantheon, and in later worship was merged with other Egyptian gods like Wadjet. Renenutet was possibly a local protecting deity in pre-dynastic times, as Terenuthis is the oldest known center of her cult.
Tarrana in the Province of Beherah replaces Terenuthis, now known as Kom Abu Billo[1], the ruins of which lie about a mile and a quarter to the west. About nine miles away are Lake Nitria and Lake Scetis, near which were the lavras of these names, Nitria and Scetis.
There are archaeological remains dating at least from the Middle Kingdom. There is a necropolis. From the Ptolemaic period dates a (now mostly destroyed) temple dedicated to Hathor-Thermutis originally built by Ptolemaeus I and II.
In Roman Catholicism Terenuthis is the name of a Catholic titular see. The original diocese was in Egypt, a suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima.
Bishops
Le Quien[2] mentions two of its bishops: Arsinthius in 404; Eulogius at the First Council of Ephesus in 431. The monks sometimes sought refuge there during incursions of the Maziks.[3] John Moschus went there at the beginning of the seventh century.[4] There is frequent mention of this town in Christian Coptic literature.