Peltae
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City and bishopric of ancient Phrygia
Peltae (Peltæ) or Peltai (
Asia Minor, which remains a Catholic titular see
.
History
Peltae was a considerable town of Phrygia, was situated, according to
Laodicea in Phrygia's metropolitan Archbishopric. The district in which the town was situated derived from it the name of the Peltaean plain (Πελτηνόν or Πελτινὸν πεδίον).[6]
Location
Peltae's site is not known, and several scholars have offered opinions as to its location. It is probable that it is located southwest of Eumeneia.[7]
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as
Titular bishopric
under the names of Peltae (Latin), adjective Pelten(us) / Pelte (Curiate Italian).
It is vacant since decades, having only had the following incumbent(s), so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
- Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki (1937.12.13 – 1950.03.28) as Thiava(1968.10.30 – death 1968.12.10).
References
- ^ Xenophon. Anabasis. Vol. 1.2.10.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.25.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 576. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p. 629. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Getzel M. Cohen (1995). The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor. University of California Press. p. 318.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Peltae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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