Prymnessus or Prymnessos ( Ancient Greek: Πρύμνησσος), or Prymnesus or Prymnesos (Πρύμνησος), [1] or Prymnesia (Πρυμνησία) was a town of ancient Phrygia. Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey. [2] [3]
The town was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. [2] It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [4]
The martyr and saint Ariadne of Phrygia lived here according to her vita. [5] [6]
38°41′53″N 30°34′11″E / 38.6981943°N 30.5696416°E / 38.6981943; 30.5696416
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