It is located 9 km. northeast of Ödemiş/İzmir.(ref: Tmolos’ta saklı kutsal bir kent Dioshieron, Hüseyin Üreten, Journal of International Social Research , Vol 9, Issue 44: 562-578) Dios Hieron ( grc, Διὸς Ἱερόν, meaning 'Sanctuary of Zeus') was a town 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 prov ...
, in the upper valley of the
Cayster River. The city became part of the
Roman Republic
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and the
Roman province
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...
of
Asia
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with the annexation of the
Kingdom of Pergamon
The Kingdom of Pergamon or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Asia Minor from its capital city of Pergamon. It was ruled by the Attalid dynasty (; grc-x-koine, Δυναστ ...
.
It also bore the name Diospolis (Διόσπολις), and was cited by the sixth century Byzantine geographer
Stephanus of Byzantium under that name. It was renamed to Christopolis or Christoupolis (Χριστούπολις, meaning 'city of Christ') in the 7th century and was known as Pyrgium or Pyrgion (Πυργίον) from the 12th century on.
Pyrgion fell to the Turks in 1307, and became the capital of the
beylik of
Aydin.
The town minted coins in antiquity, often with the inscription "Διοσιερειτων".
Its site is located near
Birgi,
Asiatic Turkey.
Bishopric
The
Roman Era
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city had an ancient
Christian bishop and is attested as an
episcopal see from at least 451. It was a
suffragan of
Ephesus, which it remained under until the late 12th century when it became a separate
metropolis
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big ci ...
.
There are four known bishops from antiquity.
*Stephen took part in the
Council of Ephesus of 431
*Eustorgios was not present at the
Council of Chalcedon
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(451) and his metropolitan, Stephen of Ephesus, signed on his behalf
*Zoetus was among the fathers of the
Council of Constantinople of 680 and the
Council in Trullo
The Quinisext Council (Latin: ''Concilium Quinisextum''; Koine Greek: , ''Penthékti Sýnodos''), i.e. the Fifth-Sixth Council, often called the Council ''in Trullo'', Trullan Council, or the Penthekte Synod, was a church council held in 692 at ...
of 692
*Stephen of Pyrgion participated at the two Councils of Constantinople in
869–870 and
879–880 who dealt with the issue of Patriarch
Photios I of Constantinople
Today Dioshieron survives as
titular see
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in the
Roman Catholic Church
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, so far the see has never been assigned.
Dioshieron
at GCatholic.org.
References
Populated places in ancient Lydia
Former populated places in Turkey
Former dioceses in Asia
Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Titular sees in Asia
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
Ödemiş District
History of İzmir Province
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