Eucarpia or Eukarpia ( grc, Εὐκαρπία) was a city in

Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...

and a bishopric in the late Roman province of Phrygia Salutaris, in Asia Minor.

Location

Eukarpia, mentioned by

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

(XII, 576) and several other geographers, was situated not far from the sources of the Maeander River, on a road from Dorylaeum to Eumeneia, between the Dorylaeum- Acmonia and Dorylaeum-

Synnada Synnada ( gr, τὰ Σύνναδα) was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province. Situation Synnada was situated in the south-eastern part of ...

roads, probably at the modern Emirhissar, in Afyonkarahisar Province. It was situated in a very fertile district, to which it is said to have been indebted for its name. The vine especially grew there very luxuriously. Imposing ruins, seen by Hamilton in 1837, have almost disappeared. Little is known about the history of the city. Under Roman dominion, Eucarpia belonged to the ''conventus'' of

, to the southwest of which city it was situated. It struck its own coins from the time of Augustus until the reign of Volusianus.

Ecclesiastical history

The bishopric, a suffragan of

, figures in the '' Notitiae episcopatuum'' until the twelfth or thirteenth century. Six bishops are known: *Eugenius, present at the Council of Nicaea (325), *Auxomenus in 381, *Cyriacus in 451, *Dionysius in 536, *Constantine or Constans in 787 (not mentioned by Le Quien), and Constantine in 879. Eukarpia is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 891

References

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