Mürefte ( formerly Myriophyton; , or Miriofito) is a village in the district of

Şarköy Şarköy, previously known by its Greek name Περίσταση (Peristasi), is a seaside town and district of Tekirdağ Province situated on the north coast of the Marmara Sea in Thrace in Turkey. Şarköy is 86 km west of the town of Tek ...

, Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara about 51 km southwest of Tekirdağ. After the population exchange some Megleno-Romanian families were settled. The early history of this town is not known. We find it mentioned for the first time in connection with an earthquake which destroyed it in the year 1063. It was visited by

John Cantacuzene John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene ( el, , ''Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós''; la, Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek Byzantine aristocracy, nobleman, statesman, and Byzan ...

about 1350.

Ecclesiastical history

The original diocese was in Thracia Prima, a

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

of Heraclea Perinthos. A diocese of Peristatis (modern

) was established by 1170. The see was later transferred to Myriophyton, and renamed Peristasis and Myriophyton, mentioned first in a '' Notitia episcopatuum'' of the end of the fifteenth century. In the sixteenth century Myriophytum displaced Peristasis, and the diocese took the name of Myriophyturn and Peristasis. According to the Ottoman population statistics of 1914, the kaza of Mürefte had a total population of 16,876, consisting of 14.146 Greeks and 2.730 Muslims. The Greek Orthodox diocese became in January 1909 an autocephalous metropolitan see, the Metropolitanate of Myriophyton and Peristasis. The Orthodox population of the metropolitanate was evacuated in October 1922, just before the Greek-Turkish population exchange, leaving no Orthodox population since then, but the church continues to appoint titular metropolitans to the see. The last Roman Catholic holder of the titular see of Myriophytos or Miriofido died in 1932, and the see has been suppressed.

Agriculture

The coastline between Tekirdağ and

, particularly Mürefte, are notable centers for viticulture and winemaking. A well-known wine producer, "Kutman", is located in the village, and maintains a wine museum also.

Notable people

Aristotelis Kourtidis Aristotelis Kourtidis ( el, Αριστοτέλης Κουρτίδης, Myriofyto, 1858 – Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attic ...

(1858 – 1928), Greek educator and writer. *

Vasilis Logothetidis Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης; 1897 – 20 February 1960) was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis (Βασίλης Τ ...

(1897 - 1960), Greek actor.

References

Sources

* The entry cites: *Drakos, ''Thrakika'' (in Greek, Athens, 1892), 72-93. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murefte Catholic titular sees in Europe Fishing communities in Turkey Populated coastal places in Turkey Former Greek towns in Turkey Villages in Şarköy District