Heraclea Salbace ( grc, Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκη, Herakleia Salbake), Heraclea Salbaces (Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκης - ''Herakleia Salbakes''), Heraclea ad Albanum (Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Ἀλβανῷ - ''Herakleia pros Albano''), or Heraclea Albace (Ἡράκλεια Ἀλβάκη), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of

ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the ...

Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...

mentioned that there was a grammarian from the city who wrote many books and was called Diogenianus (Διογενειανός) (but it may be an error and it means the Diogenianus from Heraclea Pontica). The place must have Christianised early as an early bishopric is attested. Bishop Polychronius represented the town at the

Council of Ephesus The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church th ...

. 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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.Catholic Hierarchy
/ref> Its site is located near

Vakıf A waqf ( ar, وَقْف; ), also known as hubous () or ''mortmain'' property is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitable ...

, Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey Catholic titular sees in Asia {{AncientCaria-geo-stub