Temenothyra

Ancient city of Asia Minor

Temenothyra (Ancient Greek: Τημενοθύρα), or Temenothyrae or Temenothyrai (Τημενοθύραι or Τημένου θύραι), was a town of ancient Lydia,^[1] or of Phrygia,^[2] inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.^[3] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, under the name Temenothyrae it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[4]

Its site is located near Uşak in Asiatic Turkey.^[3]^[5]

References

^ Pausanias (1918). "35.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 668.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ 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). "Temenothyra". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.