Blaundus

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The ruins at Baundos, Turkey

Blaundus was a Roman episcopal city in Asia Minor, presently Anatolia (Asian Turkey), and is now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

Location[]

The ancient city was in the Roman province of Lydia. Its ruins are at Sülümenli (formerly Süleimanli), near Ulubey (formerly Göbek) in Uşak Province of modern Turkey.

Bishopric[]

In the Roman and Byzantine eras, the city was the seat of a bishopric, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sardes. The diocese was known by the names Blaundus, Blandus and Balandus. It was part of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[1][2][3] In the 5th century AD, the bishopric was connected to the diocese center at Sebaste.[4]

Three bishops of Blaundus are historically attested.[5][6]

  • Phoebus (fl. 359), who at the Council of Seleucia in 359 distanced himself from his fellow Arians, signing the orthodox formula drafted by , and for this reason was deposed.
  • Elijah or Helias (fl. 451) who took part in the Council of Chalcedon of 451.[7]
  • Onesiphorus (fl. 458), who signed a letter written by the bishops of Lydia to Emperor Leo in 458 following the killing of Proterius of Alexandria.

Additionally, a certain Eustathius of Alandos attended the Council of Constantinople (879-880) that rehabilitated Photius, but evidence is lacking that Alandos was the same as Balandus.

The last record of Blaundus dates from the 12th century.

The bishopric of Blaundus was nominally revived in 1953 as a titular see of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but has been vacant since January 31, 1971, after only two incumbents:

  • Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit (1953.05.07 – 1958.01.23)
  • Victor-Jean Perrin (1961.11.26 – 1971.01.31)

References[]

  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p.447.
  2. ^ Michel Le Quien, https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris 1740), vol. I, coll
  3. ^ Raymond Janin, v. Balandus, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, 1932, coll. 306-307
  4. ^ http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/sempozyum_pdf/muze_kurtarma/07.muze.kurtarma.pdf
  5. ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  6. ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.gcatholic.org
  7. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 p90.

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Coordinates: 38°21′25″N 29°12′32″E / 38.35694°N 29.20889°E / 38.35694; 29.20889

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