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Otrus

Coordinates: 38°27′05″N 29°57′32″E / 38.451497°N 29.958841°E / 38.451497; 29.958841
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Otrus or Otrous was a town of ancient Phrygia, in the Phrygian Pentapolis, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1]

It was the seat of a bishop, a notable bishop was Zoticus of Otrous. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

Its site is located near Yanık Ören in Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]

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. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°27′05″N 29°57′32″E / 38.451497°N 29.958841°E / 38.451497; 29.958841