Psibela Explained

Psibela was a town of ancient Lycaonia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It was renamed Verinopolis at some point between 457 and 479.^[1] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[2]

Its site is unlocated, although Sir William Ramsay suggests a similarity with Sibyla, which is located in modern Yıldızköy.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin. The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces. 2. Oxford University Press. 137. 1971. 9780198142812. 185408033. 74025037. A. H. M. Jones.
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3p23.html Catholic Hierarchy
3. Book: Ramsay, William Mitchell. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0sZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344. The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. John Murray. 1890. London. 344–345. Lykaonia and Tyanitis. unk82041708. William Mitchell Ramsay.