Laranda (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Sophrone Pétridès · 1913
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Description
Laranda was a titular see of Isauria, later of Lycaonia. Strabo notes it belonged to Antipater of Derbe, suggesting native princes ruled it, and Perdiccas stormed and destroyed it before it was rebuilt.
Fertile land made it one of the district's chief cities and a pirate centre of Isauria, and it bore the poets Nestor and his son Pisander. Later it joined the Konia sultanate, became capital of Caramania after the Seljuk division, and fell to Sultan Bayezid II in 1486. Now generally called Caraman, it holds about 15,000 people, mostly Muslims, makes cotton and silk cloth, and stands as a railway station between Konia and Eregli toward Baghdad. Four bishops are known, from Neo to Sabbas at Constantinople in 879.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sophrone Pétridès |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |