Aurokra Explained

Aurokra or Aurokla or Aurocla or Aulokra[1] was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It became a bishopric; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Aurocla, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

Its site is located above Dort Köy near Doğancık in Asiatic Turkey.

References

38.532°N 31.1988°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: William Mitchell Ramsay. The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia. 480–482. 1897.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4a26.html Catholic Hierarchy