Ceretapa

Ceretapa or Keretapa (Ancient Greek: τὰ Κερέταπα), also called Diocaesarea or Diocaesareia or Diokaisareia (Διοκαισάρεια), was a Graeco-Roman town of Phrygia Pacatiana.[1] It minted coins bearing the demonym Κερεταπεύς. The coins also show that there was near it a river or fountain Aulindenus. It was a bishopric with Silvanus representing the city at the Council of Ephesus, 431. No longer the seat a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2][3]

Its site is tentatively located near Kayadibi in Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

References
  1. [Le Grand dictionnaire géographique, et critique. Volume 3.(1737) page 387.
  2. David M. Cheney. "Ceretapa (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  3. "Titular See of Ceretapa, Turkey".
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Ceretapa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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