Eudocias (Ancient Greek:Εὐδοκιάς) orEudocia (Ancient Greek:Εὐδοκία) was an ancient town in theRoman province ofPamphylia Secunda, in the neighbourhood ofTermessus.
According to William Smith'sDictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), theSynecdemus ofHierocles mentions four towns inAsia Minor, including one in Pamphylia, called Eudocia (Εὐδοκία),[1] but other scholars report theSynecdemus as calling the Pamphylian town Eudocias.[2][3]Le Quien says theSynecdemus spoke of the Pamphylian town as Eudoxias but himself, in line with other sources, uses the form "Eudocias".[4] Parthey's 1866 edition of theSynecdemus gives the name of the Pamphylian town as Eudocia, but notes that the earlier editions of Wesseling (1735) and Bekker (1840) gave the name as Eudocias.[5]
In recent studies, "Eudocias" is the form of the name given by George E. Bean,[6] and by Hülya Yalçınsoy and Süleyman Atalay.[7]
The original name of the town seems to have been Anydros. It was rebuilt in the 5th century and renamed Eudocias in honour ofEmpressAelia Eudocia, the wife ofTheodosius II, and under this name is mentioned in theSynecdemus. Bishop Timotheus of Termessus and Eudocias took part in theCouncil of Ephesus in 431 and Bishop Sabinianus of Termessus, Eudocias and Iobia in a synod held inConstantinople in 448. But in 458, thesuffragans of themetropolitan see ofPerge (the capital of Pamphylia Secunda) who signed a joint letter to theByzantine Emperor regarding the murder ofProterius of Alexandria included both Auxentius of Termessus and Innocentius of Eudocias, showing that Eudocias had by then become a distinctepiscopal see. From then on Eudocias and Termessus appear as separate sees in theNotitiae Episcopatuum even as late as the 10th century.[2]
Other sources too give the names of these bishops of Eudocias, adding to them Callistus (or Calixtus), who took part in theSecond Council of Nicaea in 787.[3][4]
No longer a residentialbishopric, Eudocias is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[8]
Its site is tentatively located nearEvdirhan inAsiatic Turkey.[9]
For information on a town with a similar or identical name in the Roman province ofLycia, seeEudocia (Lycia).
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