Diokleia In Phrygia
History
In ancient times it had a mint, under its king Elagabalus.
It was the see of a Christian bishop. Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town. Constantius (fl 431 – 451) and Evander Another bishop, Gregorios, is attested in the first half of the 11th century. Diokleia was included in diocese lists until the 12th century. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the Eastern Orthodox Church (for which it is now a metropolitan titular see, with Kallistos Ware as its metropolitan until his death in August 2022).
Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey. This site is located on the southwest flank of the Ahır Dağ, 84 km south of Kütahya. The only remains of the ancient settlement are a few old inscriptions and a capital dated to the early Byzantine period. The old name "Diokleia" is preserved in the nearby place called Dolay, or Doğla, a short distance to the south.
References
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.23.
- ^ diocleia, monism.org.
- ^ "Diokleia - Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery".
- ^ Barclay Vincent Head, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, (order of the Trustees, 1906) page 181.
- ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 4 (1883), pp. 370-436
- ^ Lequien, Or. Christ., I, 823
- ^ Politics and Bishops' Lists at the First Council of Ephesus.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 335.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 227
- ^ Belke, Klaus; Mersich, Norbert (1990). Tabula Imperii Byzantini Bd. 7. Phrygien und Pisidien. Wien: Österreichicshe Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-1698-5. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Diocleia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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