Ecdaumava orEkdaumaua (Greek:Έκδαύμαυα), also known asEgdava andGdanmaa (Greek:Γδανμάα), was a town ofancient Lycaonia, inhabited inRoman andByzantine times.[1] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[2]
Its site is located nearÇeşmelisebil,Sarayönü,Konya Province,Turkey,[1][3] 85 km (53 mi) north ofKonya at the foot of a chain of low hills running north–south.[4] The site is specifically on a hill east of Çeşmelisebil and was once the richest find site of Christian inscriptions in Lycaonia, but today there are relatively few remains including ancient and Byzantinespolia.[4] There are also inscriptions atKuyulusebil, 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Çeşmelisebil.[4]
According to theTabula Peutingeriana, Gdanmaa lay on the more northerly of the ancient routes crossing through Lycaonia from northwest to southeast, betweenVetisso andPegella.[4] There may have also been a north–south route passing through the town, branching off from the mainAnkyra-Ikonion road and leading toLaodicea Combusta.[4] Gdanmaa was still described as achorion through post-Constantine times.[4] TheFirst Council of Nicaea in 325 contains the first reference to Gdanmaa as a bishopric: its bishop (asuffragan of Ankyra) was listed among the participants.[4] At theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451 it was listed as a suffragan of Ikonion and was represented by the metropolitan.[4]
In later periods the bishopric is given the alternate name of Eudoxias or Eudokias, which exclusively appears in later periods.[4] The change of name indicates that the seat of the bishopric had shifted to the better-protected location of Eudokias.[4] Eudokias's location is unknown but it must be one of the fortified places of northern Lycaonia, perhaps at Karanlı Kale north ofYeniceoba.[4] Eudokias was also the seat of abandon andtopoteresia, which was transferred into the newtourma ofKommata, in thetheme of Cappadocia underLeon VI.[4]
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