Philadelphia (Cilicia)

Philadelphia or Philadelpheia (Ancient Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια), was a town of ancient Cilicia, and later of Isauria. It was located in the interior of Cilicia Aspera, on the river Calycadnus, above Aphrodisias.[1][2] It became an episcopal see; no longer the site of a residential bishop, it remains under the name Philadelphia Minor, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

Its site is tentatively located near İmşi Ören in Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

References
  1. Ptolemy. The Geography. 5.8.5.
  2. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 710.
  3. Catholic Hierarchy
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 67, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Philadelphia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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