Limnae in Pisidia

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Limnae (in Pisidia) was a city and bishopric in the Roman province of Pisidia (Asia Minor), which is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

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Names

The city was called Λίμναι (genitive Λιμνῶν, as in πόλις Λιμνῶν, city of Limnae), as well as Λιμέναι (Limenae) and Λυμναία (Lymnaea). [1] The Greek word Λίμναι means lakes or marshes. [2] The town was also called Limnopolis (Λιμνῶν πόλις). The town, in the north of Pisidia, is only mentioned by ecclesiastical writers. [3]

Location

It is also spelled Limnæ and has been identified with early-modern Gaziri [4] (also spelled Ghaziri), where there is a wall-surrounded island in Lake Hoyran called Limenia, housing ruins that include those of a temple of Artemis. [5] [6] In the present day, it is located at the shore of Aşağıtırtar.

Titular see

The Pisidian city Limnae was an episcopal see, now listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric, [4] suffragan of Antioch of Pisidia, since the diocese was nominally restored in 1933 (Limne in Curiate Italian; Latin adjective Limnen(sis)).

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : [7]

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References

  1. William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), entry "Limenae"
  2. Cf. Wiktionary
  3. PD-icon.svg  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Limenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
  4. 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), p. 917
  5. Travel in Anatolia Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Hoyran (Limenia) Island
  7. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1027.htm GCatholic

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Limenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.

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