Silandus or Silandos () was an episcopal city in the late
Roman province
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of
Lydia
Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
At some point before 800 BC, ...
. It was near and gave its name to the present town of
Selendi in
Manisa Province
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,
Turkey
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.
Historical diocese
The see of Silandus, a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
of the
see of Sardis, is mentioned in the Greek ''
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 ...
'' until the 13th century; the city is not mentioned by any ancient geographer or historian. Some of its coins survive, showing representations of the River
Hermus
In Greek mythology, Hermus or Hermos (Ancient Greek: Ἕρμος) is a name attributed to multiple characters:
* Hermus, god of the river Hermus (modern Gediz river) located in the Aegean region of Lydia (modern Turkey). Like most of the rive ...
. Some inscriptions but no ruins are now found there.
Residential Bishops
The list of bishops of Silandus given by
Le Quien
Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian.
Biography
Le Quien studied at , Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made ...
, ''Oriens christianus'', I, 881, needs correction:
*Markus, present at the
Council of Nicaea, 325;
*Alcimedes at Chalcedon, 451;
*Andreas, at the Council of Constantinople 680; Stephanus, at Constantinople, 787;
*Eustathius, at Constantinople, 879.
The bishop mentioned as having taken part in the Council of Constantinople, 1351, belongs to the See of
Synaus.
[Wächter, ''Der Verfall des Griechentums in Kleinasien im XIV Jahrhundert'', Leipzig, 1903, 63, n. 1.]
Titular bishopric
The bishopric was nominally revived in 1900 as a Latin
titular see
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of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but is vacant since 1968, after only two incumbents:
* Bishop
Próspero París (姚宗李),
S.J. (1900.04.06 – 1931.05.13)
* Bishop James Albert Duffy (1931.05.07 – 1968.02.12)
References
*
William Mitchell Ramsay
Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (15 March 185120 April 1939) was a British archaeologist and New Testament scholar. He was the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor, and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament.
R ...
, ''Asia Minor'' (London, 1890), 122;
* Texier, ''Asie mineure'' (Paris, 1862), 276.
Notes
External links
GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links*
Populated places in ancient Lydia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
History of Manisa Province
Silandus
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