Prymnessus or Prymnessos (Ancient Greek: Πρύμνησσος), or Prymnesus or Prymnesos (Πρύμνησος),[1] or Prymnesia (Πρυμνησία) was a town of ancient Phrygia. Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]

History

The town was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[2] It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]

The martyr and saint Ariadne of Phrygia lived here according to her vita.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 677.
  2. 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ↑ David M. Cheney. "Prymnessus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. ↑ Thonemann, Peter (2015). "The Martyrdom of Ariadne of Prymnessos and an Inscription from Perge". Chiron Mitteilungen der Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. 45: 151–170. doi:10.34780/2hc2-22ci.
  6. ↑ Catholic Online

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