Temenothyra
Temenothyra (Ancient Greek: Τημενοθύρα), or Temenothyrae or Temenothyrai ([Τημενοθύραι or Τημένου θύραι] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), was a town of ancient Lydia,[1] or of Phrygia,[2] inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[3] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, under the name Temenothyrae it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]
Its site is located near Uşak in Asiatic Turkey.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Pausanias (1918). "35.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 668.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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). "Temenothyra". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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