Gelibolu
Gelibolu
Gallipoli | |
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Coordinates: 40°24′50″N 26°40′13″E / 40.41389°N 26.67028°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Çanakkale |
District | Gelibolu |
Government | |
• Mayor | Münir Mustafa Özacar (CHP) |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | 31,782 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 17500 |
Area code | 0286 |
Website | www |
Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli (from
History
The Macedonian city of Callipolis was founded in the 5th century B.C.[3] It has a rich history as a naval base for various rulers.
The emperor
Throughout the Ottoman period, the town was the capital of the
From the early 17th century until the early 20th century, a relatively large number of Sephardic Jews lived in Gallipoli, descendants of those fleeing the Spanish Inquisition.
In 1854 the town was occupied by the allied French and British armies during the
The
Bishopric
A Christian
The bishopric continued to be a see of the
No longer a residential bishopric, Callipolis is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[10]
Known bishops
- Cyrillus fl. 431[7]
- Harmonius fl. 538
- Melchisedec fl. 787
- Joseph
- Paulus
- Alexius
Titular Catholic bishops
- Heinrich Kratz, O.Hosp.S.J.H., appointed 28 Jan 1484
- Edward, appointed 1494
- Diego, appointed 21 Aug 1507; died 1509
- John Young, ordained bishop 3 Jul 1513; died 28 Mar 1526
- Petrus Deodato, O.F.M., appointed 13 Feb 1638; succeeded as Bishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), 15 Jun 1641
- James Smith, appointed 28 Jan 1688; died 13 May 1711
- Hyacinthus Archiopoli, appointed 1757; died 7 Apr 1789
- Giuseppe Menditto, appointed 23 Jun 1828
- John Bernard Fitzpatrick, appointed 21 Nov 1843; succeeded as Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, 11 Aug 1846
- Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp., appointed 11 Dec 1846; died 23 Nov 1847
- Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp., appointed 20 Jun 1848; died 30 Apr 1876
- Rosario Maria Frungillo, appointed 31 Dec 1877; died 5 Feb 1886
- Vincenzo Molo, appointed 20 Sep 1887; died 15 Mar 1904
- Karel Wisnar, appointed 14 Nov 1904; died 18 Apr 1926
- José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M., appointed 17 Jul 1926; died 27 Dec 1948
- Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I., appointed 10 Mar 1949; appointed Bishop of Wamba 10 Nov 1959
- Bernard Schilling, S.V.D., appointed 19 Dec 1959; died 16 Jun 1992[11][12][13]
Gelibolu today
Gelibolu is now an administrative center in the province of Çanakkale. The mayor is Münir Mustafa Özacar (CHP). Gelibolu is well known for sardine canning.
Notable people
- Piri Reis (c. 1465–1555), Turkish cartographer and geographer
- Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478 - 1546), Ottoman Corsair and Admiral of the Ottoman Navy.
- Ahmed Bican Yazıcıoğlu (d. c. 1466), Bayramiye dervish and writer
- Mustafa Âlî(1541–1600), Turkish historian
- Sofia Vembo (1910–1978), Greek singer
See also
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Καλλίπολις, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus project
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 420.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Callipolis in the New Advent Encyclopedia
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 427
- ^ OCLC 955922585.
- ^ Raymond Janin, La hiérarchie ecclésiastique dans le diocèse de Thrace, in Revue des études byzantines, tomo 17, 1959, pp. 148-149.
- ^ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 158–159; vol. 2 Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, pp. XVIII e 115; vol. 3 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 147; vol. 4, p. 130; vol. 5, p. 137; vol. 6, p. 141
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 856
- ^ Callipolis at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Callipolis at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 856.