Attuda orAttouda (Ancient Greek:Ἄττουδα) was aHellenistic city inancient Caria and later in theRoman province ofPhrygia Pacatiana. There are coins of the place with the Greek epigraphἹερὰ Βουλὴ Ἀττουδέων, of the time ofAugustus and later. The coins show that theMen Carus was worshipped there.[1]
Its site was at present-day Hisarköy,Sarayköy District,Denizli Province,Turkey.[2][3][4]
It became a Christianbishopric, asuffragan at first of themetropolitan see ofLaodicea in Phrygia, but later, after the division of the Roman province, of the see ofHierapolis.
The names of five of its bishops are recorded in extant documents. Hermelaus or Hermolaus was at theCouncil of Ephesus in 431. At theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451, Metropolitan Nunechius of Laodicea signed on behalf of Symmachus of Attuda. Stephanus was at theTrullan Council of 692. Nicetas and Arsenius, presumably of the rival parties ofPatriarch Photius I andPatriarch Ignatius of Constantinople, were at theCouncil of Constantinople (879).[5][6]
No longer a residential bishopric, Attuda is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attuda".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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