Docimium

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Docimium is a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Phrygia in Asia Minor.

[edit] History

This city, as appears from its coins where the inhabitants are called Macedonians, must have been founded by Antigonos Dokimos. Its name is written in Greek Dokimeion, Dokimia Kome, Dokimaion, later Dokimion.

It was famous for its marble-quarries, and is identified with Istcha Kara Hissar, a Turkish village north-east of Afion Kara Hissar, in the Ottoman vilayet of Brusa.

On this site have been found many Christian inscriptions, later than Constantine.

Docimium was a suffragan of Synnada in Phrygia Salutaris.

Six or seven bishops are known, from 344 to 879 (Lequien, Or. Christ., I, 853); another bishop is mentioned in an inscription.

[edit] Source

  • This article incorporates unedited text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia, which may be out of date, or may reflect the point of view of the Catholic Church as of 1913. It should be edited to reflect broader and more recent perspectives.
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