Prymnessus

Prymnessus

Prymnessus

Town of ancient Phrygia

Prymnessus or Prymnessos (Ancient Greek: Πρύμνησσος), or Prymnesus or Prymnesos (Πρύμνησος),[1] or Prymnesia (Πρυμνησία) was a town of ancient Phrygia. Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]

History

The town was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[2] It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]

The martyr and saint Ariadne of Phrygia lived here according to her vita.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 677.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. [4]
    David M. Cheney. "Prymnessus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. [5]
    Thonemann, Peter (2015). "The Martyrdom of Ariadne of Prymnessos and an Inscription from Perge". Chiron Mitteilungen der Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. 45: 151–170. doi:10.34780/2hc2-22ci.
  6. [6]
    Catholic Online

38°41′53″N 30°34′11″E

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