Termessus (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Siméon Vailhé · 1913
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Description
Termessus was a titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. This ancient Pisidian city, home of the Solymi whose name survives in Mount Solyma, appears in Homer and Strabo. Warlike, it kept independence under Persians and refused Alexander the Great, who dared not besiege it. Under Alexander's successors it kept autonomy, allied with consul Manlius in 189 BC, and enjoyed that alliance under Domitian. It later joined Pisidia province, then Pamphylia.
Its ruins show one of Asia Minor's richest cities, Hellenized from the fourth century BC. Bishops named include Euresius at Nice in 325, Timothy at Ephesus in 431, Sabinianus in 448, and Auxentius in 458. Timothy and Sabinianus bear the double title of Termessus and Eudocias, but Ramsay's view that the two names mean one city fails. In 458 Auxentius held Termessus while Innocentius held Eudocias, and tenth-century lists keep them distinct. When city and diocese vanished is unknown.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Siméon Vailhé |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |