Carallia ( grc, Καραλλία) was a city of the

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of Pamphylia Prima and is mentioned in the acts of the Council of Ephesus (431). The same form of the name is given in the acts of the

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(451). The 6th-century Synecdemus gives the name of this Pamphylian city as Καράλια (Caralia). William Smith took the Pamphylian Carallia to be identical with the town of Carallis (Κάραλλις, Καράλλεια) in Isauria, which he identified with a place in

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called Kereli. The site of the Pamphylian town is supposed to be at Uskeles. Modern scholars place Carallia near Güney Kalesi in Asiatic Turkey.

Bishops

Extant documents give the names of three

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s of the ancient see of Carallia, a suffragan of the

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, the capital of the province: * Solon was at the Council of Ephesus in 431, * Marcianus at the

in 451, * Mennas at the

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in 680.Michel Lequien
''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''
Parigi 1740, Tomo I, coll. 1005-1008 No longer a residential see, Carallia is today included in the

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's list of

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s.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 858] Catholic Bishops of the town have been * Cornelius Bronsveld (1950 - 1953) * Pierre Khuât-Vañ-Tao(1955 - 1960) *

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(1960 - 1981)

References

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