Arneae or Arneai ( grc, Ἀρνεαί) was a small city of ancient Lycia mentioned by Capito in his ''Isaurica''. It is located near Ernes, in the interior of Lycia where archaeological remains have been found.

Bishopric

Since it was in the

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of Lycia, the bishopric of Arneae was a

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of the

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, the province's capital. No name of any of its

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s is identified in Le Quien's ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''. However, the see appears in ninth place among the suffragans of Arneae in the '' Notitiae Episcopatuum'' of Pseudo-Epiphanius, composed under

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in about 640. No longer a residential bishopric, Arneae is today listed by the

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as a

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.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 839

Notable residents

* Lalla of Arneae, first century

References

Populated places in ancient Lycia Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Former populated places in Turkey Catholic titular sees in Asia Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Finike District {{Antalya-geo-stub