Synaus

Coordinates: 39°05′34″N 28°58′39″E / 39.092739°N 28.97761°E / 39.092739; 28.97761
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Synaus or Synaos (

Phrygia Pacatiana,[1] now Simav, Kütahya Province, Turkey
.

History and location

Nothing is known of the history of this city, which Ptolemy[2] locates in Great Phrygia, and 6th-century Hierocles,[3] in Phrygia Pacatiana, whose capital was Laodicea. It has a few inscriptions but no ruins.

The 2013 edition of the

metropolitan see was Hierapolis.[4] In the early 20th century, Sophrone Pétridès placed it in Phrygia Pacatiana Prima, whose capital and metropolitan see was Laodicea on the Lycus.[5]

According to Pétridès, in 1394 the see of Synaus was united to that of

Notitiae episcopatuum
.

Bishops

mentions the following bishops:

To these may be added Stephanus, whose name occurs in the inscription (8th century?) "Corp. inser. græc.", 8666 perhaps the Stephanus mentioned in 787.[5]

References

  1. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Synnaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  2. ^ V, ii, 22.
  3. ^ 668, 13.
  4. ), p. 971
  5. ^ a b Sophrone Pétridès, "Synaus" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
  6. ^ Oriens christianus, I, 813.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Synaus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

39°05′34″N 28°58′39″E / 39.092739°N 28.97761°E / 39.092739; 28.97761