Mopsuestia
Μοψουεστία | |
Pyramus | |
Alternative name | Mopsos, Seleucia on the Pyramus, Hadriana, Decia, al-Maṣṣīṣah, Mamistra, Misis, Yakapınar |
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Location | Adana Province, Turkey |
Region | Cilicia |
Coordinates | 36°57′28″N 35°37′26″E / 36.95778°N 35.62389°E |
Type | Settlement |
Mopsuestia and Mopsuhestia (
The 1879 book A Latin Dictionary, the 1898 book Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia and the 1920 La Cilicie mention that the city at that time was called Missis or Messis,[1][2][3][4] but in 1960 the name changed to Yakapınar.[5]
History
The founding of this city is attributed to the seer
Near the city a battle between the
Christianity seems to have been introduced very early into Mopsuestia, and during the 3rd century, there is mention of a bishop, Theodorus, the adversary of Paul of Samosata. Other famous residents of the early Christian period in the city's history include Saint Auxentius (d. 360), and Theodore, bishop from 392–428, the teacher of Nestorius. The bishopric is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[10] Along with much of Cilicia, the region was wrested from Roman control by the Arabs in the late 630s.
In 684 the Emperor
Mopsuestia then numbered 200,000 inhabitants, some of whom were Muslim, and the Byzantines made efforts to re-Christianize the city. In the early 1090s, Turkish forces overran the town, but were expelled in 1097 by
Notable people
- Heracleides (
- Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop of Mopsuestia
- Auxentius of Mopsuestia, bishop of Mopsuestia
See also
References
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Mopsuestia
- ^ Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Mopsuestia
- ^ Vailhé, Siméon (1911). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. .
- ^ Normand Robert, La Cilicia. In: Annals of Geography. 1920, vol. 29, No. 162. p.p. 426-451
- ^ Missis and its Roman bridge
- ^ GREEK ANTHOLOGY, § 9.698
- ^ Procopius, On Buildings, §5.5.1
- ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § M459.1
- ^ Eusebius, Chronography, 97-98
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 933
- ^ ISBN 0-88402-163-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-9017-7.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Langlois, V. (1861). Voyage dans la Cilicie et dans les montagnes du Taurus, exécuté pendant les années 1852-1853. Paris. p. 451.
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- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, §6.234b
Sources
- Hild, Friedrich; Hellenkemper, Hansgerd (1990). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 5: Kilikien und Isaurien (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-1811-2.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Vailhé, Siméon (1911). "Mopsuestia". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10.