Otrus

Otrus, or Otrous, was a town of ancient Phrygia located 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. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. "Otrus (Titular See)". Catholic Hierarchy.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°27′05″N 29°57′32″E

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