Eucarpia
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Eucarpia is a Catholic titular see
. The original diocese was in Phrygia Salutaris, Asia Minor
.
Eucarpia (Eukarpia), mentioned by Strabo
(XII, 576) and several other geographers, was situated on a road from Dorylaeum
to Eumenia
, between the Dorylaeum-Acmonia
and Dorylaeum-Synnada
roads, probably at the modern Emin Hissar, in the vilayet of Brusa.
Imposing ruins, seen by Hamilton in 1837, have almost disappeared. Nothing is known about the history of the city. It struck its own coins from the time of Augustus
until the reign of Volusianus
.
, figures in the Notitiae episcopatuum
until the twelfth or thirteenth century. Six bishops are known:
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The original diocese was in Phrygia Salutaris, Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
.
Eucarpia (Eukarpia), mentioned by Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
(XII, 576) and several other geographers, was situated on a road from Dorylaeum
Dorylaeum
Dorylaeum or Dorylaion was an ancient city in Anatolia. It is now in ruins near the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.The city existed under the Phrygians but may have been much older. It was a Roman trading post. It also was probably a key city of the route the Apostle Paul took on his Second Missonary...
to Eumenia
Eumenia
Eumenia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
, between the Dorylaeum-Acmonia
Acmonia
Acmonia or Akmonia is an ancient city and a titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat Köyü. It is mentioned by Cicero and was a point on the road between Dorylaeum and Philadelphia....
and Dorylaeum-Synnada
Synnada
Synnada was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province...
roads, probably at the modern Emin Hissar, in the vilayet of Brusa.
Imposing ruins, seen by Hamilton in 1837, have almost disappeared. Nothing is known about the history of the city. It struck its own coins from the time of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
until the reign of Volusianus
Volusianus
Volusianus , also known as Volusian, was a Roman Emperor from 251 to 253.He was son to Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus by his wife Afinia Gemina Baebiana. He is known to have had a sister, Vibia Galla....
.
Bishops
The bishopric, a suffragan of SynnadaSynnada
Synnada was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province...
, figures in the Notitiae episcopatuum
Notitiae Episcopatuum
The Notitiae Episcopatuum are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church....
until the twelfth or thirteenth century. Six bishops are known:
- Eugenius, present at the Council of NicaeaFirst Council of NicaeaThe First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325...
(325), - Auxomenus in 381,
- Cyriacus in 451,
- Dionysius in 536,
- Constantine or Constans in 787 (not mentioned by Lequien), and Constantine in 879.