Sozopolis, Pisidia
Sozopolis in Pisidia, which had been called Apollonia during Seleucid times, was a town in the former Roman province of Pisidia, and is not to be confused with the Thracian Sozopolis in Haemimonto in present-day Bulgaria.
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Location[edit]
Sozopolis in Pisidia must have been situated in the border region of that province, since some ancient accounts place it in Phrygia.[1] Its site may correspond to present-day Uluborlu in Isparta Province, Turkey.[2] Older sources put it "Souzon, south of Aglasoun".[3]
History[edit]
Sozopolis in Pisidia was the birthplace of Severus of Antioch (born around 456).[4]
The icon of the Theotokos of Pisidian Sozopolis, celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Christians on 3 September, originated in this city.[5]
Fragments of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti in Greek have been found in the area.
Bishopric[edit]
Sozopolis sent its bishop and possibly two other representatives to the Council of Constantinople in 381,[1] and its bishop attended the Council of Ephesus in 431.[6]
The see is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press 1995 ISBH 978-0-52091408-7), p. 289
- ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 975
- ^ Philip Schaff (editor), Basil the Great: Letters and Select Works, note to Letter CCLXVI of Saint Basil (to the Sozopolitans)
- ^ Pauline Allen, C.T.R Hayward, Severus of Antioch (Routledge 2004 ISBN 978-1-13456780-5)
- ^ September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- ^ John Chapman, "Monophysites and Monophysitism" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1911)