Aureliopolis in Lydia

Aureliopolis in Lydia is the name of a city in the Roman province of Lydia, that was previously called Tmolus or in Greek Τμῶλος (Tmolos). It issued coinage under each of these names, and one coin combines both names. In the Synecdemus it appears as Au[re]liou Kome. The name "Aureliopolis" was given in honour of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.[1][2][3]

The town was situated probably in a valley of the Tmolus mountain range,[4] and the actual minting of the coins issued in its name may have been done in the more important neighbouring city of Sardis.[5]

The names of five of its ancient bishops are preserved in a number of documents. Antiochus took part in the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and John participated actively in the Council of Ephesus in 321. Eutropius signed a synodical decree of Patriarch Gennadius I of Constantinople in about 460. Theodotus was at the Trullan Council of 692, and Nicolaus at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.[6][7]

No longer a residential bishopric, Aureliopolis in Lydia is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]

References

  1. ↑ W.M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press reprint 2010 ISBN 978-1-10801453-3), p. 106
  2. ↑ Foss, C., S. Mitchell, G. Reger, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies. "Places: 550936 (Tmolos/Aureliopolis)". Pleiades.
  3. ↑ Hans Kaletsch, "Tmolos 2" in Der Neue Pauly. Vol. 12/1 (Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7)
  4. ↑ Ed Snible, "Ancient coins of Lydia"
  5. ↑ Asia Minor Coins
  6. ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 895-896
  7. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 447
  8. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 842