Cantanus or Kantanos ( Ancient Greek: Κάντανος), [1] or Cantania or Kantania (Καντανία), [2] was town of ancient Crete, which the Peutinger Table fixes at 24 M.P. from Cisamus. It was a bishop's see under the Byzantine Empire, and when the Venetians obtained possession of the island they established a Latin bishop here, as in every other diocese. No longer the site of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [3]
In the 19th century, Robert Pashley found remains of this city on a conical hill about a mile to the south of Khádros, [4] now called Kandanos. [5] [6] The walls can be traced for little more than 150 paces; the style of their masonry attests a high antiquity.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cantanus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
35°19′37″N 23°44′26″E / 35.326943°N 23.740683°E
Cantanus or Kantanos ( Ancient Greek: Κάντανος), [1] or Cantania or Kantania (Καντανία), [2] was town of ancient Crete, which the Peutinger Table fixes at 24 M.P. from Cisamus. It was a bishop's see under the Byzantine Empire, and when the Venetians obtained possession of the island they established a Latin bishop here, as in every other diocese. No longer the site of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [3]
In the 19th century, Robert Pashley found remains of this city on a conical hill about a mile to the south of Khádros, [4] now called Kandanos. [5] [6] The walls can be traced for little more than 150 paces; the style of their masonry attests a high antiquity.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cantanus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
35°19′37″N 23°44′26″E / 35.326943°N 23.740683°E