Magydus () was a city and bishopric of

ancient Pamphylia Pamphylia (; , ''Pamphylía'' ) was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was the ...

on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern

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. It is probably the same as Mygdale (Μυγδάλη) described in the ''

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''. Its site was probably at modern

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(Antalya province), where there are ruins of a small artificial harbour.

History

Magydus was a small town with no notable history, on the coast between

Attaleia Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tauru ...

and

Perga Perga or Perge ( Hittite: ''Parha'', ''Perge'', ) was originally an ancient Lycian settlement that later became a Greek city in Pamphylia. It was the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, now located in Antalya Province on the ...

, mentioned occasionally by geographers of the Roman and Late Antiquity periods, and on numerous coins of the imperial era. It was situated in the

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Pamphylia Secunda Pamphylia (; , ''Pamphylía'' ) was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was the ...

Ecclesiastical history

The bishopric of Magydus was a

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of the archbishopric of Perga, the

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of that province, under the

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, until the 12th or 13th century. Five of its bishops are historically documented:Sophrone Pétridès, "Magydus" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1910
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in 451 * Conon, at the

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in 553 * Platon at the

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(680) and follow-up

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(692) * Marinus, at the Council of Nicaea in 787.Jean Darrouzès, ''Listes épiscopales du concile de Nicée (787)'', in ''Revue des études byzantines'', 33 (1975), p. 51. After centuries of abeyance, it was nominally restored no later than the late 18th century as the Latin

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of Magyddus (renamed Magydus in 1925) or Magido (Curiate Italian) / Magyden(sis) (Latin adjective). It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Mariano Zaralli (經),

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(O.F.M.) (Italian) (1787.04.03 – death 1790.04.16) as

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of Shensi and Shansi 陝西山西 (China) (1787.04.03 – 1790.04.16) * James Browne (1827.03.20 – 1829.04.30) as

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of Kilmore (Ireland) (1827.03.20 – succession 1829.04.30); next Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1829.04.30 – death 1865.04.11) * Friar Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 ''not possessed''), still without actual prelature; later Titular Bishop of

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(1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17) as

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) (1880.01.30 – 1881.07.05); next (see) promoted first Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1881.07.05 – death 1910.12.08) : BIOS TO ELABORATE * Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (1882.03.27 – 1883) * Bernardino Caldaioli (1883.08.09 – 1884.03.02) * Giovanni Cagliero,

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(S.D.B.) (later Cardinal) (1884.10.30 – 1904.03.24) * Ludovít Szmrecsányi (later Archbishop) (1904.11.14 – 1912.03.26) * André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy,

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(M.E.P.) (1912.12.11 – 1947.07.30) * Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1947.12.20 – 1975.03.21).

References

Sources and external links

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; Bibliography * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 450 * Michel Lequien, ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'', Paris 1740, vol. I, coll. 1025-1026 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 322; vol. 6, p. 272; vol. 7, p. 349; vol. 8, pp. 359–360 * Sylvain Destephen, ''Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641)'', Paris 2008 {{Authority control Former populated places in Turkey Populated places in ancient Pamphylia Catholic titular sees in Asia Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Geography of Antalya Province Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Muratpaşa District