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]

Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period – general map – regions and main settlements

Location

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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

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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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  1. ^ Joseph Bingham, The antiquities of the Christian church (W. Straker, 1840) page 99.
  2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ^ Ramsay, Hist. Geogr. Of Asia Minor (London, 1890), 245, 247, 430.
  6. ^ Ramsay, Historical Geography of Asia Minor (London, 1890), pages 245-247 & 430.
  7. ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (Straker, 1840), page 99.
  8. ^ Dr. Hakkı GÖKBEL. "ŞEHİRLERİN SEVDALISI İBRAHİM HAKKI KONYALI ARMAĞANI" (PDF) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  9. ^ Pusula. ""Geçmişten Günümüze Kulu"" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  10. ^ Michel Le Quien, "Notitiae episcopatuum", I,483.
  11. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005 ) page 299.
  12. ^ Gabriel Cossart, Sacrosancta Concilia Ad Regiam Editionem Exacta: Ab Anno CCCCXXXI. ad annum CCCCLI.(Coleti Et Albrizzi, 1728) page 135.
  13. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) page 483.
  14. ^ 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.

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