Prymnessus or Prymnessos (Ancient Greek: Πρύμνησσος), or Prymnesus or Prymnesos (Πρύμνησος),[1] or Prymnesia (Πρυμνησία) was a town of ancient Phrygia. Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]
History
editThe town was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[2] It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]
The martyr and saint Ariadne of Phrygia lived here according to her vita.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 677.
- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Prymnessus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- ^ Thonemann, Peter (2015). "The Martyrdom of Ariadne of Prymnessos and an Inscription from Perge". Chiron. Mitteilungen der Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. 45: 151–170. doi:10.34780/2hc2-22ci.
- ^ Catholic Online