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Psibela was a town of ancient Lycaonia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It was renamed Verinopolis at some point between 457 and 479. [1] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [2]

Its site is unlocated, although Sir William Ramsay suggests a similarity with Sibyla, which is located in modern Yıldızköy. [3]

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References

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  2. Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Ramsay, William Mitchell (1890). "Lykaonia and Tyanitis". The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. London: John Murray. pp. 344–345. LCCN   unk82041708.