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Stectorium

Coordinates: 38°19′57″N 30°08′38″E / 38.33261°N 30.143764°E / 38.33261; 30.143764
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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 an episcopal see of a bishop; no longer a territorial diocese, it remains a Latin Church titular see of the Catholic Church.[4]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.25.
  3. ^ Pausanias (1918). "27.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  4. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

38°19′57″N 30°08′38″E / 38.33261°N 30.143764°E / 38.33261; 30.143764