Choma (Ancient Greek:Χῶμα) was a place in the interior ofancient Lycia, according toPliny on a riverAedesa.[1]Ptolemy places Choma as one of the four cities of theMilyas, and places it nearCandyba.[2] The town can be identified with a site near today's village of Hacımusalar in the district ofElmalı.[3]
Several buildings of the ancient city have been excavated and are visible today.
Since it was in theRoman province of Lycia, thebishopric of Choma was asuffragan of themetropolitan see ofMyra, the province's capital. The diocese is documented in the Notitiae Episcopatuum of the patriarchate of Constantinople until the 12th century.[4]
The names of three of itsbishops are preserved in extant records. Pionius was at theFirst Council of Constantinople in 381.[5] Eudoxius was at both theCouncil of Ephesus in 431 during which he played a role of some importance, when he was part of a delegation sent to order John of Antioch to appear before the council assembly and he was at theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451, where he seems to have arrived late, missing his name in the attendance list of the first two sessions in 451 and joined the other Lycian bishops in 458 in signing a letter toByzantine EmperorLeo I the Thracian regarding the murder ofProterius of Alexandria.[6]
No longer a residential bishopric, Choma is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[9] Since 1933 Coma has been counted among the bishopric holders of the Catholic Church; the title has not been assigned since September 22, 1978. Its last holder wasJoseph Arthur Costello, auxiliary bishop of Newark.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Choma".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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