Batnæ Of The Syriacs
Batnae (or Batnæ) may refer to : * the Ancient city and former bishopric is Osroene, now Suruç#History, Suruç in Asian Turkey; * and hence, two Catholic titular successor sees : ** Batnae (Roman), Latin Catholic ** Batnae (Syrian), Syriac Catholic {{disambiguation ...
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Suruç
Suruç (, ku, Pirsûs, script=Latn, ''Sruḡ'') is a rural district and city of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on a plain near the Syria–Turkey border, Syrian border southwest of the city of Urfa. History In antiquity the Sumerians built a settlement in the area. The city was a centre of silk-making. They were succeeded by a number of other Mesopotamian civilisations. The Roman Emperor Constantine I brought the town under the control of the city of Edessa, Mesopotamia, Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa). One of the most famous residents of the district is its 6th-century Syriac Christianity, Syriac bishop and poet-theology, theologian Jacob of Serugh. The Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church hold the bishopric as a titular see of that church, though they had little presence in the area, while the Syriac church holds a separate Bishopric in the town. Tell-Batnan was visited by Roman Emperor, emperor Julian on his march from Antioch to the Euphrates in 363. The town was surre ...
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