Cinna or Kinna was a town of
ancient Galatia
Galatia (; grc, Γαλατία, ''Galatía'', "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (c ...
. It was also the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a
titular see
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Location
Its site is located near
Karahamzılı,
Asiatic Turkey.
The exact location of Cinna is now lost though it is thought to have been near village of
Balyk Koyounji
Balyk (from Turkic balïq) is the salted and dried soft parts of fish, usually coming from large valuable species: ''acipenseridae'' (e.g., sturgeon) or ''salmonidae'' (salmon). The word means "fish" in Turkic languages (written '' balık'' in T ...
(vilayet of Angora) in a rich corn-growing area, west of
Ankara
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.
History
During the late
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...
the town was a
seat
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Types of seat
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* Armchair (furniture), ...
of a
bishop
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, several of whom are known to us.
* Gregorius, attendee at Council of Niceae 325
* Philumenus of Cinna
* Acacius
* Daniel
* Amiantus
* Plato
* George
[CONSTANS II AND THE ROMAN CHURCH : A POSSIBLE INSTANCE OF IMPERIAL PRESSURE, P. A. B. Llewellyn
''Byzantion'' Vol. 46, No. 1 (1976), pp. 120-126.]
* Synesius
* Thrasius
* Antonius
References
Populated places in ancient Galatia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
History of Konya Province
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