Lysias, Phrygia

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Lysias was a city and episcopal see in the Roman province of Phrygia Salutaris I and is now a titular see. [1]

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History

The city of Lysias is mentioned by Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29, Ptolemy, V, 2, 23, Hierocles, and the Notitiae Episcopatuum . [2] It was probably founded by Antiochus III the Great about 200 BC. [2]

Some of its coins are still extant. [3]

Lequien (Oriens christianus, I, 845) names three bishops of Lysias, suffragans of Synnada:

Location

Ruins of Lysias exist between the villages of Oinan and Aresli in the plain of Oinan, a little northeast of Lake Eğirdir. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), p. 918
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sophrone Pétridès, "Lysias" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1910)
  3. Phrygia