Indeed, Salona, a Greek-founded city close to modern Split, was one of the earliest places in the region connected with Christianity. It was able to gain influence first among some of the Dalmatian Jews living in the city. St. Titus, a disciple of St. Paul the Apostle and the subject of the "Epistle to Titus" in the New Testament, was active in Dalmatia. Indeed, in the "Epistle to the Romans", Paul himself speaks of visiting "Illyricum", but he may have meant Illyria Graeca.