Town of ancient Galatia
Cinna or Kinna was a town of
ancient Galatia.
[1] It was known as Zallara in the
Hittite period. It was also the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a
titular see of the
Roman Catholic Church.
[2]
Location
Its site is located near
Karahamzılı,
Asiatic Turkey.
[3]
[4]
[5]
The exact location of Cinna is now lost though it is thought to have been near village of
Balyk Koyounji (vilayet of Angora) in a rich corn-growing area, west of
Ankara.
[6]
[7] It is also thought to be in the locations of
Cihanbeyli or
Kulu.
[8]
[9]
History
During the
Late Roman Empire the town was a
seat of a
bishop, several of whom are known to us.
[10]
- Gregorius, attendee at Council of Niceae 325
- Philumenus of Cinna
[11]
[12]
- Acacius
[13]
- Daniel
- Amiantus
- Plato
- George
[14]
- Synesius
- Thrasius
- Antonius
References
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^ Joseph Bingham, The antiquities of the Christian church (W. Straker, 1840) page 99.
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^
Catholic Hierarchy
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^
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000).
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63, and directory notes accompanying.
ISBN
978-0-691-03169-9.
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^
Lund University.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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^ Ramsay, Hist. Geogr. Of Asia Minor (London, 1890), 245, 247, 430.
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^ Ramsay, Historical Geography of Asia Minor (London, 1890), pages 245-247 & 430.
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^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (Straker, 1840), page 99.
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^ Dr. Hakkı GÖKBEL.
"ŞEHİRLERİN SEVDALISI İBRAHİM HAKKI KONYALI ARMAĞANI" (PDF) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-10-10.
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^ Pusula.
""Geçmişten Günümüze Kulu"" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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^ Michel Le Quien, "Notitiae episcopatuum", I,483.
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^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005 ) page 299.
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^ Gabriel Cossart, Sacrosancta Concilia Ad Regiam Editionem Exacta: Ab Anno CCCCXXXI. ad annum CCCCLI.(Coleti Et Albrizzi, 1728) page 135.
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^
Michel Le Quien , Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) page 483.
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^ CONSTANS II AND THE ROMAN CHURCH : A POSSIBLE INSTANCE OF IMPERIAL PRESSURE, P. A. B. Llewellyn
Byzantion Vol. 46, No. 1 (1976), pp. 120-126.
39°13′37″N 33°01′59″E / 39.226876°N 33.033014°E / 39.226876; 33.033014