Batnæ Of The Syriacs
Batnae (or Batnæ) may refer to : * the Ancient city and former bishopric is Osroene, now Suruç in Asian Turkey; * and hence, two Catholic titular successor sees : ** Batnae (Roman), Latin Catholic ** Batnae (Syrian), Syriac Catholic {{disambiguation ...
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Suruç
Suruç (, ku, Pirsûs, script=Latn, ''Sruḡ'') is a rural district and city of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on a plain near the Syrian border southwest of the city of Urfa. History In antiquity the Sumerians built a settlement in the area. The city was a centre of silk-making. They were succeeded by a number of other Mesopotamian civilisations. The Roman Emperor Constantine I brought the town under the control of the city of Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa). One of the most famous residents of the district is its 6th-century Syriac bishop and poet-theologian Jacob of Serugh. The Roman Catholic Church hold the bishopric as a titular see of that church, though they had little presence in the area, while the Syriac church holds a separate Bishopric in the town. Tell-Batnan was visited by emperor Julian on his march from Antioch to the Euphrates in 363. The town was surrendered to the Rashidun Arabs in 639. It was later controlled by Crusaders (in 1098), and Muslims agai ...
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