Araxa
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City of ancient Lycia
For the municipality of Brazil, see Araxá.
Araxa (
Xanthus River.[3]
An inscription in honour of a local citizen, Orthagoras, provides the only details of its history in the 2nd century B.C.[4]
Bishopric
Since it was in the
No longer a residential bishopric, Araxa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[7]
References
- ^ Steph. B. s. v. Ἄραξα.
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Araxa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Araxa". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
- ^ SEG 18.570 - English translation at attalus.org.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 973-974
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 449
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 836
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