Titular bishopric
Asia minor 400AD Satala (Ancient Greek : Σάταλα ) or Satala in Lydia was a Roman era city[1] [2] and Bishopric [3] in ancient Lydia .
Its site is located near Adala in Asiatic Turkey .[4] [5]
The city worshiped the typical mother and son pantheon found throughout Anatolia , and although a temple was built it did not mint coint as the town was only a village.
It was part of a decapolis called the Katakekaumene, and May have been its religious center.
The city was also a see in the province of Lydia , and remains a vacant and titular see to this day.[6] It is in the province of Sardis .
Known Bishops
Today Satala Lidia survives as titular bishop of the Roman Catholic Church but the seat is vacant since 22 October 1819 .
Catholic Titular Bishop Nikodem Puzyna September 26, 1814 October 22, 1819.[10] [11] [12]
^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor .(Cambridge University Press, 2010) p131.
^ Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, 2 Volumes (1848)p400 .
^ Satala at Catholic heirachy.org.
^ Richard Talbert , ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9 .
^ Lund University . Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire .
^ "Satala in Lydia (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]" .
^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p91 .
^ Philostorgius , in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 5, chapter 1.
^ Socrates of Constantinople , Church History, book 2, chapter 42.
^ Beschreibung auf catholic-hierarchy.org (englisch)
^ "Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze" . Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2016-10-07 .
^ Eintrag auf gcatholic.org
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