Temenothyra

Temenothyra (Ancient Greek: Τημενοθύρα), or Temenothyrae or Temenothyrai (Τημενοθύραι or Τημένου θύραι), was a town of ancient Lydia,[1] or of Phrygia,[2] inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[3] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, under the name Temenothyrae it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]

Lydia in about 50 CE.

Its site is located near Uşak in Asiatic Turkey.[3][5]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.35.7.
  2. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 668.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Catholic Hierarchy
  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). "Temenothyra". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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