It is located 9 km. northeast of Ödemiş/İzmir.(ref: Tmolos’ta saklı kutsal bir kent Dioshieron, Hüseyin Üreten, Journal of International Social Research , Vol 9, Issue 44: 562-578)Dios Hieron (Ancient Greek:Διὸς Ἱερόν, meaning 'Sanctuary of Zeus') was a town ofancient Lydia, in the upper valley of theCayster River.[1] The city became part of theRoman Republic and theRoman province ofAsia with the annexation of theAttalid kingdom.[2] It also bore the nameDiospolis (Διόσπολις),[3] and was cited by the sixth century Byzantine geographerStephanus of Byzantium under that name.[4] It was renamed toChristopolis orChristoupolis (Χριστούπολις, meaning 'city of Christ') in the 7th century and was known asPyrgium orPyrgion (Πυργίον) from the 12th century on.[2] Pyrgion fell to the Turks in 1307, and became the capital of thebeylik ofAydin.[2] The town minted coins in antiquity, often with the inscription "Διοσιερειτων".[5]
Its site is located nearBirgi,Asiatic Turkey.[6][7]
TheRoman Era city had an ancientChristian bishop and is attested as anepiscopal see from at least 451. It was asuffragan ofEphesus, which it remained under until the late 12th century when it became a separatemetropolis.[2]
There are four known bishops from antiquity.
Today Dioshieron survives astitular see in theRoman Catholic Church,[8] so far the see has never been assigned.[9][10]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dios Hieron".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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