Mossyna ( Ancient Greek: Μοσσύνα) or Mosyna (Μοσύνα) was a city of the middle Maeander valley in the late Roman province Phrygia Pacatiana II. It is mentioned as a bishopric by Hierocles and other ecclesiastical writers. [1] [2] [3] It may have been named for the classical Mossynoeci, or for the Greek word for a wooden tower (Μοσσύν). [3]
Mossyna became a Byzantine bishopric, located between Dionysopolis and Laodikeia, and is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. [4]
Its site is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Çal, in Denizli Province, Turkey. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Orsinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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