Attalea or Attaleia ( grc, Ἀττάλεια) was a Roman city of
ancient Lydia
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provi ...
, former diocese and is presently a
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titular
bishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
.
Its modern location is Yanantepe in Asian
Turkey
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.
History
Attalea was originally named Agroeira or Alloeira. Attalea was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Lydia
Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...
to become a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
diocese of its capital
Sardes
Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
's Metropolitan Archbishopric, and to mint coins.
[http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/lydia/attaleia/i.html] Yet it was to fade.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally (re?)restored in 1933.
It is vacant, having had a single incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Carlo Maria Giuseppe de Fornari (1730.12.11 – ?), as emeritate; formerly Bishop of
Aléria
Aléria (; Ancient Greek: /, ; Latin and Italian: ; co, U Cateraghju) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It includes the easternmost point in Me ...
(1713.01.30 – 1715.02.20), Bishop of
Albenga
Albenga ( lij, Arbenga; la, Albingaunum) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is ...
(Italy) (1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)
See also
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Catholic Church in Turkey
The Catholic Church in Turkey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the canonical leadership of the curia in Rome that is submitted to the Pope.
Demographics
In the 2000s, there are around 35,0 ...
References
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Catholic titular sees in Asia
Populated places in ancient Lydia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
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