Meloë () was a town in ancient
Isauria
Isauria ( or ; ), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya P ...
. Meloë is a
titular see
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Its site is tentatively located near
Malya in
Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
.
References
Populated places in ancient Isauria
Catholic titular sees in Asia
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Former populated places in Turkey
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