Synaus
Synaus or Synaos (
.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
According to Pétridès, in 1394 the see of Synaus was united to that of
Bishops
- Arabius, represented by his metropolitan at Chalcedon (451);
- Pronimus, at Constantinople (553);
- Stephanus, at Nicæa (787);
- Constantine at Constantinople (869);
- Sisinnius and Eusebius, supporters respectively of Council of Constantinople(879-880);
- Isaac, at the Council of Constantinople (1351), which approved the doctrines of Palamas.
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
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Synnaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ V, ii, 22.
- ^ 668, 13.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 971
- ^ a b Sophrone Pétridès, "Synaus" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- ^ Oriens christianus, I, 813.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Synaus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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