Magydus (Ancient Greek: Μάγυδος, romanized: Magydos) was a city and bishopric of ancient Pamphylia on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Asia Minor. It is probably the same as Mygdale (Μυγδάλη) described in the Stadiasmus Maris Magni.[1]
Its site was probably at modern Lara (Antalya province), where there are ruins of a small artificial harbour.[2][3]
Magydus was a small town with no notable history, on the coast between Attaleia and Perga, mentioned occasionally by geographers of the Roman and Late Antiquity periods, and on numerous coins of the imperial era.[2]
It was situated in the Roman provinceofPamphylia Secunda.
The bishopric of Magydus was a suffragan of the archbishopric of Perga, the metropolitan see of that province,[4] under the Patriarchate of Constantinople, until the 12th or 13th century.[5]
Five of its bishops are historically documented:[2]
After centuries of abeyance, it was nominally restored no later than the late 18th century as the Latin titular bishopricofMagyddus (renamed Magydus in 1925) or Magido (Curiate Italian) / Magyden(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Magydus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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