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Acmonia
Acmonia or Akmonia ( grc, Ἀκμονία) is an ancient city of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat Köyü. It is mentioned by Cicero (Pro Flacco, 15) and was a point on the road between Dorylaeum and Philadelphia. Under the Romans, it was within the conventus iuridicus of Apamea. Bishopric Acmonia was the seat of a bishop in antiquity. It appears in the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' from the 10th to the 12th or 13th century. The first bishop whose name is known is Optimus, who was transferred to the metropolitan see of Antiochia in Pisidia before 381. Gennadius took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Theotimus signed in 459 the decree of Patriarch Gennadius I of Constantinople against the simoniacs. Paulus was at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787. Eustathius was a both the Council of Constantinople (869) and the Council of Constantinople (879). Somewhat less certain is the attribution to this diocese of Basilius, who participated in the Third Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Titular Sees
This is the official list of titular sees of the Catholic Church included in the ''Annuario Pontificio''. Archiepiscopal sees are shown in bold. The Italian-language ''Annuario Pontificio'' devotes some 200 pages to listing these sees, with up to a dozen names on each page. It gives their names in Latin (which are generally the names used also in English) as well as in Italian, and indicates the ancient Roman province to which most of them belonged or other geographical particulars, their status as metropolitan see or suffragan see (of episcopal or archiepiscopal rank), and basic biographical information about their current bishops.CfGlossary of Catholic Terms, p. 7 A * Abaradira * Abari * Abbir Germaniciana (Africa proconsularis) * Abbir Maius (Africa proconsularis) * Abercornia * Abernethia * Abidda * Abila in Palaestina * Abila Lysaniae * Abitinae * Abora (Africa Proconsularis) * Abrittum * Absa Salla (Africa proconsularis) * Absorus * Abthugni (Africa proconsularis) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |