Mesotymolus

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Mesotymolus was an ancient Roman and Byzantine-era city on the Hermus River in ancient Lydia.

The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric [1] [2] [3] [4] which remains a vacant titular see to this day. [5]

Traditionally, its site has been connected with ruins near Takmak, Eşme, [6] modern scholars treat Mesotymolus as unlocated.

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References

  1. Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ: (Printed for William Straker, 1834) p 407
  2. The Works, Volume 1 (Robert Knaplock, 1726)p398.
  3. Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, 2 Volumes (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2006) p400.
  4. Emmanuel de Schelstrate, Antiquitas ecclesiae dissertationibus, monimentis ac notis illustrata... opera et studio Emanuelis a Schelstrate,(Typis sacrae congregationis de propaganda fide, 1697) p675.
  5. Mesotymolus, Catholic Hierarchy.
  6. Titular Episcopal See of Mesotymolus, GCatholic