Mossyna

Mossyna (Ancient Greek: Μοσσύνα) or Mosyna (Μοσύνα) was a city of the middle Maeander valley in the late Roman province Phrygia Pacatiana II. It is mentioned as a bishopric by Hierocles and other ecclesiastical writers.[1][2][3] It may have been named for the classical Mossynoeci. Or for the Greek word for tower made of wood (Μοσσύν).[3]

Mossyna became a Byzantine bishopric, located between Dionysopolis and Laodikeia, and is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[4]

Its site is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Çal, in Denizli Province, Turkey.[5]

References
  1. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 665.
  2. Notitiae Episcopatuum
  3. William Mitchell Ramsay (1883). "The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. London: Macmillan & Co. 4: 377–379. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  4. ''Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 934
  5. Pleiades

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Orsinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.




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