Dioclea or Dioklea, Dioclia or Dioklia, Diocleia or Diokleia ( Ancient Greek: Διοκλεία, romanized: Diokleía), was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. [1] [2]
In Hellenic times it had a mint, [3] [4] under its king Elagabalus. [5]
It was the see of a Christian bishop. [6] Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town. [7] Constantius (fl 431 [8] - 451 [9]) and Evander [10] Another bishop, Gregorios, is attested in the first half of the 11th century. Diokleia was included in diocese lists until the 12th century. [11]: 234 No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church [12] as well as the Eastern Orthodox Church (for which it is now a metropolitan titular see, with Kallistos Ware as its metropolitan until his death in August 2022).
Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey. [1] [13] This site is located on the southwest flank of the Ahır Dağ, 84 km south of Kütahya. The only remains of the ancient settlement are a few old inscriptions and a capital dated to the early Byzantine period. The old name "Diokleia" is preserved in the nearby place called Dolay, or Doğla, a short distance to the south. [11]: 233–4
Dioclea or Dioklea, Dioclia or Dioklia, Diocleia or Diokleia ( Ancient Greek: Διοκλεία, romanized: Diokleía), was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. [1] [2]
In Hellenic times it had a mint, [3] [4] under its king Elagabalus. [5]
It was the see of a Christian bishop. [6] Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town. [7] Constantius (fl 431 [8] - 451 [9]) and Evander [10] Another bishop, Gregorios, is attested in the first half of the 11th century. Diokleia was included in diocese lists until the 12th century. [11]: 234 No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church [12] as well as the Eastern Orthodox Church (for which it is now a metropolitan titular see, with Kallistos Ware as its metropolitan until his death in August 2022).
Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey. [1] [13] This site is located on the southwest flank of the Ahır Dağ, 84 km south of Kütahya. The only remains of the ancient settlement are a few old inscriptions and a capital dated to the early Byzantine period. The old name "Diokleia" is preserved in the nearby place called Dolay, or Doğla, a short distance to the south. [11]: 233–4