Hyrcanis (Lydia)
Hyrcanis among the cities of Lydia (ca. 50 AD)
Asia Minor 400AD
Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis was a Roman and Byzantine-era city[1] and bishopric, located at modern Papazli. It was in ancient Lydia, Western Turkey.[2][3] The city minted its own coins.[4][5]
The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. Known bishops include:
- Asyncritus
- John Attendee at First Council of Constantinople
- Eustathius
- Dionesius fl.1157[6]
References
- ↑ Ruth Lindner, Mythos und Identität: Studien zur Selbstdarstellung kleinasiatischer Städte in der römischen Kaiserzeit (Franz Steiner Verlag, 1994) p128.
- ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0935.htm
- ↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2h55.html
- ↑ Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Hyrkanis.
- ↑ Hyrkaneis at Asia Minor Coins .
- ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus p887.
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