Mount Auxentius

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Mount Auxentius (also known as Mount St. Auxentius, Mount Auxentios, or Mount Scopas), today known as Kayış Dağı in Turkish, is a mountain located in the eastern outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, in Kayışdağı neighborhood. Its summit is 428 metres above sea level.[1] The mountain is named after Auxentius of Bithynia.

Mount Auxentius
Mount St. Auxentius
Kayış Dağı
Mount Auxentius (Kayış Dağı) in winter
Highest point
Elevation428 m (1,404 ft)
Coordinates40°58′15″N 29°09′51″E / 40.97083°N 29.16417°E / 40.97083; 29.16417
Geography
Map
LocationIstanbul
CountryTurkey
Auxentius of Bithynia, whom the mountain is named after

The mountain was home to Christian monks and ascetics during the Byzantine period.[2] Byzantine Christian monks who lived on the mountain included Saint Stephen the New (c. 713–764)[3] and Saint Macarius of Mount Auxentius (died 768).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Della Dora, Veronica (2016). Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium. Cambridge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-316-48838-6. OCLC 938434170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Speake, Graham (2018). A history of the Athonite Commonwealth : the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos. New York. ISBN 978-1-108-34922-2. OCLC 1041501028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Della Dora, Veronica (2016). Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium. Cambridge. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-316-48838-6. OCLC 938434170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 17 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.