Appia (Phrygia)
Appia (Ancient Greek: Ἀππία) was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1] According to Pliny the Elder, it belonged to the conventus of Synnada.[2] It became the seat of a bishop in the ecclesiastical province of Phrygia Pacatiana; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]
Its site is located near Pınarcık in Asiatic Turkey.[1][4]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Appia is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- Back to citation Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 5.29.
- Back to citation Catholic Hierarchy
- Back to citation Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q85742486