Ceretapa or Keretapa (Ancient Greek: τὰ Κερέταπα), also called Diocaesarea or Diocaesareia or Diokaisareia (Διοκαισάρεια), was a Graeco-Roman town of Phrygia Pacatiana.[1] It minted coins bearing the demonym Κερεταπεύς. The coins also show that there was near it a river or fountain Aulindenus. It was a bishopric with Silvanus representing the city at the Council of Ephesus, 431. No longer the seat a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2][3]
Its site is tentatively located near Kayadibi in Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]
References
- 1.Le Grand dictionnaire géographique, et critique. Volume 3.(1737) page 387.
- 2.David M. Cheney. "Ceretapa (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- 3."Titular See of Ceretapa, Turkey".
- 4.Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- 5.Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.