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Pissia () was a town and bishopric of
ancient Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Ancient regions of Anatolia#Classical Age regions (circa 200 BC), Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. Stories of ...
. Its site is located near Piribeyli, Yunak,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its bishop was suffragan of
Amorium Amorium, also known as Amorion (), was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Sack of Amorium, Arab sack of 838. It was situated on the Byzantine m ...
.''
Notitiae Episcopatuum The ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' (singular: ''Notitia Episcopatuum'') were official documents that furnished for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church. In the Roman Church (the mos ...
'' 10.717.


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Populated places in Phrygia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Asia Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses History of Konya Province {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub