Blaundus Explained

Blaundus
Map Type:Turkey #Europe
Map Size:275
Relief:yes
Coordinates:38.3569°N 29.2089°W
Location:Ulubey, Uşak Province, Turkey
Region:Lydia, Phrygia
Type:Ancient Greek settlement
Builder:Lydian and Phrygian Greeks
Built:3rd century BC - 4th century BC
Abandoned:12th century

Blaundus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Βλαῦνδος) was a Greek city founded during the Hellenistic period[1] [2] in Asia Minor, presently Anatolia (Asian Turkey), and is now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

History

The ancient city was between the regions of Lydia and Phrygia in the Seleucid Empire. Its ruins are at Sülümenli (formerly Süleimanli), near Ulubey (formerly Göbek) in Uşak Province of modern Turkey.

Greek coins have been discovered which write the city name as Mlaundus.[3] A Greek inscription of the Roman period though write the city Blaundus.[3] Probably it is also the Blaeandrus that the Ptolemy is mentioning.[3]

Recent findings of cylinder-seals in archaeological excavation point towards the conclusion that there was a settlement already stablished at the beginning of the II millennium B.C., belonging to the Assyrian trade colony period.[4]

Bishopric

In the Roman and Byzantine eras, the city was the seat of a bishopric, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sardes. The diocese was known by the names Blaundus, Blandus and Balandus. It was part of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[5] [6] [7] In the 5th century AD, the bishopric was connected to the diocese center at Sebaste.[8]

Three bishops of Blaundus are historically attested.[9] [10]

Additionally, a certain Eustathius of Alandos attended the Council of Constantinople (879-880) that rehabilitated Photius, but evidence is lacking that Alandos was the same as Balandus.

The last record of Blaundus dates from the 12th century.

The bishopric of Blaundus was nominally revived in 1953 as a titular see of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but has been vacant since January 31, 1971, after only two incumbents:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Cohen, Getzel M. . The Seleucid Colonies: Studies in Founding, Administration and Organization. Franz Steiner Verlag. 1978. 16. 9783515025812 .
  2. Book: Leake, William Martin . Numismata Hellenica: A Catalogue of Greek Coins. Franz Steiner Verlag. 1854. 87.
  3. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=blaundus-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Blaundus
  4. Web site: Altuntaş . Leman . 2022-09-29 . 4,000-year-old cylinder seal found in Blaundos excavations . 2022-09-30 . Arkeonews . en-US.
  5. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p.447.
  6. Book: Quien (O.P.), Michel Le . Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus : quo exhibentur ecclesiae, patriarchae caeterique praesules totius orientis . 1740 . ex Typographia Regia . la.
  7. Raymond Janin, v. Balandus, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, 1932, coll. 306-307
  8. Web site: KURTARMA KAZILARI SEMINERI . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122014/http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/sempozyum_pdf/muze_kurtarma/07.muze.kurtarma.pdf . 22 Dec 2015 . 8–10 April 1996.
  9. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2b73.html La sede titolare
  10. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0325.htm La sede titolare
  11. Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 p90.