Nakoleia

Coordinates: 39°26′44″N 30°41′38″E / 39.44556°N 30.69389°E / 39.44556; 30.69389
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Nakoleia (

Central Anatolia region of Turkey
.

History

It was a town of

Phrygia Salutaris, taking its name in legend from the nymph Nacole (Νακώλη[1] and Νακόλη[2]), and had no history in antiquity.[3]

Opsician Theme

The area was known for its fertility in late Roman times, thanks to the river Parthenios (Seyit Su), and was wooded in the late 4th century (it is now deforested).[4] It was there that Valens defeated the usurper Procopius in 366 AD (see Battle of Thyatira); under Arcadius it was occupied by a garrison of Goths under Tribigild who revolted against the emperor in 399 AD.[4] As many towns in the region, the town venerated especially the archangel Michael and at least one church is attested to him in the town.[5]

During the Byzantine-Arab wars in the 8th century, the town became a frequent target for Arab raids and was besieged several times. In 782, the town was temporarily captured by the Abbasid Caliphate in 782.[3][4] Pantoleon the Deacon relates a story in the Miracula S. Michaelis in which attacking Arabs are forced to abandon their siege of the town by the intervention of the archangel after offending him by shooting with a catapult at his church.[6]

The armies of the

Seljuk Turks in the late 12th century who called it Kala'-i-Mashihya, the Christian Castle.[8]

Bishopric

At first a

metropolitan see between 1035 and 1066, when its incumbent appears in the last place among the metropolitans attending a council.[3][4] The see continued in existence as a metropolis, without suffragans, until the 14th century.[4] Nakoleia is included, with archiepiscopal rank, in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees[9] and has been left without titular bishops since 1973.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Suda, nu, 19
  2. ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, N467.9
  3. ^ a b c d Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nacolia" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
    .
  5. ^ Evcim, Seckin; Olcay Uçkan, Bedia Yelda (2019). Durak, Koray; Jevtic, Ivana (eds.). "The Other Beliefs in Byzantine Phrygia and Their Reflections in Rock-Cut Architecture". Identity and the other in Byzantium: Papers from the fourth International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium, İstanbul 23–25 June 2016: 171–188. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. ISBN 0198225687
    . Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  7. ISBN 9781351983860
    . Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. ISBN 9781135029890
    . Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  9. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 936
  10. ^ "Nacolia (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

39°26′44″N 30°41′38″E / 39.44556°N 30.69389°E / 39.44556; 30.69389

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