Attuda
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Hellenistic city in ancient Caria
Attuda or Attouda (
Men Carus was worshipped there.[1]
Its site was at present-day Hisarköy, Sarayköy District, Denizli Province, Turkey.[2][3][4]
Bishopric
It became a Christian
metropolitan see of Laodicea in Phrygia, but later, after the division of the Roman province, of the see of Hierapolis
.
The names of five of its bishops are recorded in extant documents. Hermelaus or Hermolaus was at the
No longer a residential bishopric, Attuda is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[7]
Notes
- ^ Attuda, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed.
- ^ DENİZLİ MUSEUM - Travelers' Stories About Turkey
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 825-826
- ^ M. Th. Disdier, v. Attyda, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. V, 1931, coll. 196-197
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 842
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attuda". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
37°50′14″N 28°48′44″E / 37.83722°N 28.81222°E / 37.83722; 28.81222
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