Acrassus
Acrassus or Akrassos (
Ancient Greek: Ἄκρασος) was an ancient Roman and Byzantine-era city in Lydia (modern Turkey).[1][2][3][4] in the Roman province of Asia and Lydia.[5]
It was in the upper valley of the
Acrassus minted its own coins.[12]
Bishopric
Acrassus was also the seat of a
Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Sardis. It is named after the ancient city and the current bishop is Đura Džudžar.[13]
Known bishops
- Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez Auxiliary Bishop of Verdun(France) June 25, 1896 – November 28, 1898
- Leopoldo A. Arcaira Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) November 6, 1961 – November 23, 1994
- Đura Džudžar, auxiliary bishop of the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (19 January 2013), later Eparch of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur(6 Décember 2018).
References
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843)
- ^ Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6 (P. Gosse, 1736) p150.
- ^ François Morenas, Historical-portable dictionary of geography sacred ancient & modern; (Desaint & Saillant, rue St. Jean de Beauvais, 1759) p14.
- ^ m. Bruzen, Greater geographical dictionary, and criticism. Vol 1 (Martiniere, 1737) p61.
- ^ B. Cher Gruppe, Lydische Antike Stadt: Philadelphia, Sardis, Adramyttion, Thyatira, Tabala, Algiza, Pitanae, Acrassus, Lipara, Blaundos, Apollonis, Tracula (Books Llc (German), 2010) p105
- ^ Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6 (P. Gosse, 1736) p150.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.16.
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Narcasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ Pleiades
- ISBN 9780520914087.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Acrasus.
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13.942.
