Cidyessus
Cidyessus or Kidyessos (Ancient Greek: Κιδύησσος) was a city of some importance, west of Ammonia in west-central ancient Phrygia, in the territory of the Setchanli Ova, or Mouse Plain; this large and fertile valley projects far into Phrygia Salutaris, but the city was in Phrygia Pacatiana.[1]
The old native name may have been Kydessos, though it is Kidyessos on its coins.[1] Modern scholars place its site near modern Çayhisar, Sinanpaşa district, Afyonkarahisar Province.[2][3]
Bishopric
Three ancient bishops of the see of Cidyessus are mentioned in extant contemporary documents: Heraclius participated in the Council of Chalcedon in 451; Andreas in the Second Council of Nicaea in 787; and Thomas in the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).[4][5]
The see is mentioned in Notitiæ episcopatuum, until the 12th or 13th century, as a suffragan of Laodicea, the capital of Phrygia Pacatiana.
No longer a residential bishopric, Cidyessus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[6]
See also
- Colonies in antiquity
- History of Turkey
- List of Catholic titular sees
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Cidyessus is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[7]
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Cidyessus — A titular see of Asia Minor. It was a city of some importance, west of Ammonia in West-Central Phrygia, in the territory of the Setchanli Ova, Mouse Plain; this large and fertile valley projects far into Phrygia Salutaris, but the city belonged to Phrygia Pacatiana. Its site has been determined by an inscription found at the little village of Ghieuktché Euyuk, west of Afium Kara Hissar, in the vilayet of Brusa. The old native name may have been Kydessos, though it is Kidyessos on coins. Lequien (I, 801) mentions only three bishops: Heraclius in 451, Andreas in 787, and Thomas in 879. The see is still mentioned in later "Notitiæ episcopatuum" until the twelfth or thirteenth centuries as a suffragan of Laodicea.
RADET, En Phrygie (Paris, 1895), 113; RAMSAY, Hist. Geogr. of Asia Minor (London, 1890), 139, 151, 168.
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Sophrone Pétridès, "Cidyessus" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)
- Back to citation Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Back to citation 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 Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 801-802
- Back to citation Raymond Janin, v. Cidyessus, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, col. 828
- Back to citation Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 869
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1091751