Lysias, Phrygia Explained

Lysias was a city and episcopal see in the Roman province of Phrygia Salutaris I and is now a titular see.^[1]

History

The city of Lysias is mentioned by Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29, Ptolemy, V, 2, 23, Hierocles, and the Notitiae Episcopatuum.^[2] It was probably founded by Antiochus III the Great about 200 BC.^[2]

Some of its coins are still extant.^[3]

Lequien (Oriens christianus, I, 845) names three bishops of Lysias, suffragans of Synnada:

• Theagenes, present at the Council of Sardica, 344
• Philip, at Chalcedon 451
• Constantine, at Constantinople, 879^[2]

Location

Ruins of Lysias exist between the villages of Oinan and Aresli in the plain of Oinan, a little northeast of Lake Eğirdir.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013), p. 918
2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09478b.htm Sophrone Pétridès, "Lysias" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1910)
3. http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/phrygia.html Phrygia