Mastaura (Ancient Greek:Μάσταυρα) was a town inancient Lycia.[1]
It may have been located at present-day Dereağzı, some 25 km northwest ofMyra,[1][2][3][4] which is therefore not to be confused withDereağzı, Nazilli orDereağzı, İncirliova.
Dereağzı had a large domed church made of brick,[1] which may have been the cathedral of Mastaura.[5]
Thebishopric of Mastaura in Lycia is mentioned inNotitiae Episcopatuum of the 7th and 10th centuries as having first rank among thesuffragans of themetropolitan see of Myra.[6]
No bishop of the see is mentioned by name in extant documents, unless Baanes, who was at thePhotianCouncil of Constantinople (879) was bishop not ofMastaura in Asia but of Mastaura in Lycia.[7]
No longer a residential bishopric, Mastaura in Lycia is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[8]
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