Otrus
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Otrus, or Otrous, was a town of ancient Phrygia located in the Phrygian Pentapolis, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1]
It was the seat of a bishop, a notable bishop was Zoticus of Otrous. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
Its site is located near Yanık Ören in Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Otrus (Titular See)". Catholic Hierarchy.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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