Euaza, located in what is modern Turkey was a

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during the Hellenic,

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and

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era. The

was in the upper portion of the Cayster River valley, about 100 km east from

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. The town also known as Augaza, appears in Notitiea episcipum of the 9th century. The area is still mainly

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Location

The exact site of Euaza is still unknown save that it was in the upper reaches of the Cayster River valley. Some speculation holds it in the area of Dioshieron and Kolophốn, and was probably in the region of

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. Zgusta, argues it was located at the city of Algizea in Caria, but being outside the provence of Asia makes this identification problematic.

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called Evaza a "wretched little town" based on the "case of Bassianos" who Jones feels was ''banished'' to this insignificant place in the hills behind Ephesus, the metropolis.

Name

The town was known as Euaza (Εύάξα), Augaza (Aύγαξα) Eugaza and latter Theodosioupolis (Θεοδοσιούπολις).

Bishopric

The Diocese of Euaza (Dioecesis Euazsensis) is a suppressed and

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of the

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, located in the ancient episcopal see of the

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. It was part of the

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and was suffragan of the

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. There are five known bishops of Euaza. *Eutropio attended the Council of Ephesus of 431 . * Bassett was elected bishop, probably after the death of Eutropius, but refused to take possession of the office; then he intrigued to become archbishop of Ephesus, a post from which he was deposed during the

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. *Olimpio was part of the

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in 449 and was among the signatories of the

in 451 . *Gregory was present at the council in Trullo of 692 .LE QUIEN Michael, « Theodosiopolis, Evaza, Eugaza », dans ''Oriens Christianus'', t. I, Paris, Akademische Druck – U. Verlagsanstalt (Graz), 1958. * Nicodemus was present at the

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in 787. Today Euaza survives as

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which so far has never been assigned.

References

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