Dioclea or Dioklea, Dioclia or Dioklia, Diocleia or Diokleia (Ancient Greek: Διοκλεία, romanized: Diokleía), was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1][2]

In Hellenic times it had a mint,[3][4] under its king Elagabalus.[5]

It was the see of a Christian bishop.[6] Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town.[7] Constantius (fl 431[8] - 451[9]) and Evander[10] Another bishop, Gregorios, is attested in the first half of the 11th century. Diokleia was included in diocese lists until the 12th century.[11]: 234  No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church[12] as well as the Eastern Orthodox Church (for which it is now a metropolitan titular see, with Kallistos Ware as its metropolitan until his death in August 2022).

Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey.[1][13] This site is located on the southwest flank of the Ahır Dağ, 84 km south of Kütahya. The only remains of the ancient settlement are a few old inscriptions and a capital dated to the early Byzantine period. The old name "Diokleia" is preserved in the nearby place called Dolay, or Doğla, a short distance to the south.[11]: 233–4 

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.23.
  3. ^ diocleia, monism.org.
  4. ^ "Diokleia - Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery".
  5. ^ Barclay Vincent Head, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, (order of the Trustees, 1906) page 181.
  6. ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 4 (1883), pp. 370-436
  7. ^ Lequien, Or. Christ., I, 823
  8. ^ Politics and Bishops' Lists at the First Council of Ephesus.
  9. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 335.
  10. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 227
  11. ^ a b Belke, Klaus; Mersich, Norbert (1990). Tabula Imperii Byzantini Bd. 7. Phrygien und Pisidien. Wien: Österreichicshe Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-1698-5. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  12. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  13. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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