Antiochia ad Cragum
Alternative name | Antiochetta, Antiocheta, Antiochia Parva, Antiocheta in Rufine |
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Location | Antalya Province, Turkey |
Region | Cilicia |
Coordinates | 36°09′26″N 32°24′56″E / 36.15722°N 32.41556°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 170 BC |
Cultures | Hellenistic, Roman, Armenian, Byzantine, Medieval |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2005-2019 |
Archaeologists | Michael Hoff, Timothy Howe, Rhys Townsend, Ece Erdoğmuş, Birol Can |
Condition | In ruins |
Management | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Antiochia ad Cragum (
The city was founded by
Some scholars claim an identity of Antiochia ad Cragum with the city Cragus (Kragos), or although it lies more than 100 km away, with Sidyma, which some scholars assert was the Lycian Cragus (Kragos).[citation needed]
Ruins of the city remain, and include fortifications, baths, chapels, the Roman necropolis, a wine press, and the largest Roman mosaic found in Turkey.[1][2][3]
In 2018, latrine mosaics with dirty jokes about Narcissus and Ganymede were discovered in Antiochia ad Cragum,[4] and in 2019, a large pool mosaic was discovered near the city.[5]
Bishopric
In
The five known ancient bishops of this diocese were:
- Antonius took part in the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
- Theodosius in the First Council of Constantinople in 381.
- Acacius was among the fathers of the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
- Zacharias took part in the Trullan Councilof 692
- Theophanes finally witnessed the council held in Constantinople in 879–880 that rehabilitated the patriarch Photius of Constantinople.[6]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antiochia Parva is no longer a residential bishopric. It is today listed as a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[7][8] The seat is vacant since April 11, 1964. It was held previously by:
- Jacques-Eugène Louis Ménager (June 23, 1955 – December 7, 1961)
- André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse (January 26, 1962 – April 11, 1964)[notes 1]
Notes
References
- ^ NBC News.com 09/21/13
- OCLC 1139263254.
- S2CID 219048366.
- ^ "Dirty Jokes in Latrine Mosaics Entertained Ancient Romans". Live Science. 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Gigantic Roman mosaic discovered under a farmer's field". Archaeology World. 24 November 2019.
- ^ a b Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 1017-1020
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 438
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 834