Moutalaske (Greek:Μουταλάσκη,romanized: Moutalaskē) was a town ofancient Cappadocia, inhabited inByzantine times.[1] It was the birthplace of bothSaint Sabas (439) andSaint Meletios (c. 1035).[2] The former, during a visit to emperorAnastasios I inConstantinople, sent money back to his home village in Moutalaske to fund the construction of a church dedicated to theSaints Cosmas and Damian.[3]
Its site is located nearTalas,Asiatic Turkey,[1][4] about 6 km east ofKayseri, at the steep escarpment of a high plateau 200 m above the Kayseri basin.[3] There are traces of atroglodyte settlement here including a monastery dedicated toPanagia (itsnaos and part of its choir were preserved in the vineyards of Nea Moutalaske around 1900) and, according toHans Rott, two cave chapels dedicated to Saints Georgios and Koimesis.[3]
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