Philadelphia or Philadelpheia (Ancient Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια), was a town of ancient Cilicia, and later of Isauria. It was located in the interior of Cilicia Aspera, on the river Calycadnus, above Aphrodisias.[1][2] It became an episcopal see; no longer the site of a residential bishop, it remains under the name Philadelphia Minor, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]
Its site is tentatively located near İmşi Ören in Karaman Province, Turkey.[4][5]
References
- 1.Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.8.5.
- 2.Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 710.
- 3.Catholic Hierarchy
- 4.Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- 5.Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.