Heraclea Salbace Explained

Heraclea Salbace (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκη|Herakleia Salbake), Heraclea Salbaces (Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκης - Herakleia Salbakes), Heraclea ad Albanum (Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Ἀλβανῷ - Herakleia pros Albano), or Heraclea Albace (Ἡράκλεια Ἀλβάκη),[1] or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Caria.

Suda mentioned that there was a grammarian from the city who wrote many books and was called Diogenianus (Διογενειανός) (but it may be an error and it means the Diogenianus from Heraclea Pontica).[2]

The place must have Christianised early as an early bishopric is attested. Bishop Polychronius represented the town at the Council of Ephesus. No longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

Its site is located near Vakıf, Asiatic Turkey.

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Notes and References

  1. Suda, s.v.;
  2. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1140 Suda, delta, 1140
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2h28.html Catholic Hierarchy