Petinessus

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Petinessus (Pitnisus) was a town and bishopric in the late Roman province of Galatia Secunda.

City[]

This city is mentioned by Strabo;[1] Ptolemy;[2] Hierocles;[3] and Stephanus Byzantius, s. v. According to the first of these authors it was situated in the salt desert, to the west of Lake Tatta, between Lycaonia and .

The exact name and position of the city, which differs greatly according to various documents, is not known. William Mitchell Ramsay[4] mentions the place as near the site of or a little to the east of it.

Bishops[]

The Notitiae episcopatuum mention it among the suffragan sees of Pessinus. It was created by Emperor Theodosius I between 386 and 395, and existed as late as the 13th century. There is a record of but one bishop, Pius, present at the Council of Chalcedon, 451.[5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ XII, 567.
  2. ^ V, 4, 10.
  3. ^ Synecdemus, 697, 7.
  4. ^ Asia Minor, 227.
  5. ^ Le Quien, Oriens christianus I, 493.

References[]

Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Petinessus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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