Hadriania (Mysia)
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Hadriania or Hadrianeia ( grc, Ἁδριάνεια) was a town of ancient Mysia. It was the seat of a bishop from an early date. No longer a residential see, it remains a
titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of the
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. Its site is located near
Dursunbey Dursunbey, formerly Balat, is a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country l ...
in Asiatic Turkey.


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Populated places in ancient Mysia Former populated places in Turkey Catholic titular sees in Asia History of Balıkesir Province Hadrian Populated places established in the 2nd century Roman towns and cities in Turkey {{Balıkesir-geo-stub