Stectorium

Stectorium or Stektorion (Ancient Greek: Στεκτόριον) was a town of ancient Phrygia, in the Phrygian Pentapolis between Peltae and Synnada, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1][2] Pausanias believed that Mygdon's tomb was located here.[3]

It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]

Its site is located near Kocahüyük in Asiatic Turkey.[1][5]

References

  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.25.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. Vol. 10.27.1.
  4. Catholic Hierarchy
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Stectorium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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