Limnae (in Pisidia) was a city and bishopric in the Roman province of Pisidia (Asia Minor), which is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Names

The city was called Λίμναι (genitive Λιμνῶν, as in πόλις Λιμνῶν, city of Limnae), as well as Λιμέναι (Limenae) and Λυμναία (Lymnaea).[1] The Greek word Λίμναι means lakes or marshes.[2] The town was also called Limnopolis (Λιμνῶν πόλις). The town, in the north of Pisidia, is only mentioned by ecclesiastical writers.[3]

Location

It is also spelled Limnæ and has been identified with early-modern Gaziri[4] (also spelled Ghaziri), where there is a wall-surrounded island in Lake Hoyran called Limenia, housing ruins that include those of a temple of Artemis.[5][6] In the present day, it is located at the shore of Aşağıtırtar.

Titular see

The Pisidian city Limnae was an episcopal see, now listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric,[4] suffragan of Antioch of Pisidia, since the diocese was nominally restored in 1933 (Limne in Curiate Italian; Latin adjective Limnen(sis)).

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), entry "Limenae"
  2. ^ Cf. Wiktionary
  3. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Limenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  4. ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 917
  5. ^ Travel in Anatolia Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Hoyran (Limenia) Island
  7. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1027.htm GCatholic

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

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