Lysinia ( grc, Λυσινία) or Lysinoe (Λυσινόη) was a town in the north of
ancient Pisidia
Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of Ant ...
and later assigned to
Pamphylia.
Hierocles has the name as Lysenara (Λυσήναρα). It was located on the south of the
Ascania Lacus, and west of
Sagalassus
Sagalassos ( el, Σαγαλασσός), also known as Selgessos ( el, Σελγησσός) and Sagallesos ( el, Σαγαλλησός), is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya (ancient Attaleia) and 30& ...
.
It became the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a
titular see of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Its site is located near the modern town of
Karakent in
Burdur Province,
Turkey.
References
Populated places in Pisidia
Populated places in ancient Pamphylia
Former populated places in Turkey
Archaeological sites in Turkey
Catholic titular sees in Asia
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
Burdur District
History of Burdur Province
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