Magydus ( grc, Μάγυδος, Magydos) was a city and bishopric of

ancient Pamphylia Pamphylia (; grc, Παμφυλία, ''Pamphylía'') was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the north by ...

on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern

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. It is probably the same as Mygdale (Μυγδάλη) described in the '' Stadiasmus Maris Magni''. Its site was probably at modern Lara (Antalya province), where there are ruins of a small artificial harbour.

History

Magydus was a small town with no notable history, on the coast between

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and

Perga Perga or Perge ( Hittite: ''Parha'', el, Πέργη ''Perge'', tr, Perge) was originally an ancient Lycian settlement that later became a Greek city in Pamphylia. It was the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, now located in ...

, mentioned occasionally by geographers of the Roman and Late Antiquity periods, and on numerous coins of the imperial era. It was situated in the

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of Pamphylia Secunda.

Ecclesiastical history

The bishopric of Magydus was a

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of the archbishopric of Perga, the

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of that province, under the

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, until the 12th or 13th century. Five of its bishops are historically documented:Sophrone Pétridès, "Magydus" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1910
/ref> * Aphrodisius, present at the First Nicene Council in 325 * Macedo, at the

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in 451 * Conon, at the

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in 553 * Platon at the

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(680) and follow-up

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(692) * Marinus, at the Council of Nicaea in 787.Jean Darrouzès, ''Listes épiscopales du concile de Nicée (787)'', in ''Revue des études byzantines'', 33 (1975), p. 51. After centuries of abeyance, it was nominally restored no later than the late 18th century as the Latin titular bishopric of Magyddus (renamed Magydus in 1925) or Magido (Curiate Italian) / Magyden(sis) (Latin adjective). It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Mariano Zaralli (經),

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(O.F.M.) (Italian) (1787.04.03 – death 1790.04.16) as Apostolic Vicar of Shensi and Shansi 陝西山西 (China) (1787.04.03 – 1790.04.16) * James Browne (1827.03.20 – 1829.04.30) as

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of Kilmore (Ireland) (1827.03.20 – succession 1829.04.30); next Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1829.04.30 – death 1865.04.11) * Friar Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 ''not possessed''), still without actual prelature; later Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17) as

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Apostolic Vicar of

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(Palestine) (1873.03.21 – death 1889.06.19) and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (1873.03.21 – 1889.06.19) * Paškal Buconjić, O.F.M. (1880.02.28 – 1881.07.05) as last Apostolic Vicar of

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) (1880.01.30 – 1881.07.05); next (see) promoted first Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1881.07.05 – death 1910.12.08) : BIOS TO ELABORATE * Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (1882.03.27 – 1883) * Bernardino Caldaioli (1883.08.09 – 1884.03.02) *

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, Salesians (S.D.B.) (later Cardinal) (1884.10.30 – 1904.03.24) * Ludovít Szmrecsányi (later Archbishop) (1904.11.14 – 1912.03.26) * André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1912.12.11 – 1947.07.30) * Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1947.12.20 – 1975.03.21).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic
; Bibliography * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 450 * Michel Lequien, ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'', Paris 1740, vol. I, coll. 1025-1026 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 322; vol. 6, p. 272; vol. 7, p. 349; vol. 8, pp. 359–360 * Sylvain Destephen, ''Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641)'', Paris 2008 {{Authority control Former populated places in Turkey Populated places in ancient Pamphylia Catholic titular sees in Asia Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Geography of Antalya Province Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Muratpaşa District