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Acalissus or Akalissos () was a town of
ancient Lycia Lycia (; Lycian language, Lycian: πŠ—πŠ•πŠπŠŽπŠ†πŠ– ''TrmΜƒmis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka lands, Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the Prov ...
, an early
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, and remains a
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of the
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.Catholic Hierarchy
/ref> Coins were minted at Acalissus, some of which are housed at numismatic collections. Acalissus was situated on the middle course of the river Limyros in the eastern part of the
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of Lycia. Stephanus of Byzantium and Hierocles make mention of it. Minor variations in the spelling of its name are found in the records: . It was for long politically united with Idebessos, its neighbour to the west. The
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of Acalissus appears, in a low order of importance, among the
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s of the
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of Myra in the ''
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'' of Pseudo-Epiphanius, written during the reign of the
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Heraclius (610–641), and in that of Basil the Armenian, composed between 820 and 842, but is absent in later records. No longer a residential bishopric, Acalissus is today listed by the
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as a
titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 822


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Archaeological sites in Antalya Province Former populated places in Turkey Populated places in ancient Lycia Roman towns and cities in Turkey Catholic titular sees in Asia Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Kumluca District {{Asia-RC-titularsee-stub