Acalissus orAkalissos (Greek:Ἀκαλισσός) was a town ofancient Lycia, an earlybishopric, and remains atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[1][2] Coins were minted at Acalissus, some of which are housed at numismatic collections.[3][4]
Acalissus was situated on the middle course of the river Limyros in the eastern part of theRoman province of Lycia.Stephanus of Byzantium andHierocles make mention of it. Minor variations in the spelling of its name are found in the records:Ἀκαλισσός, Ἀκαλισός, Ἀκαμισός, Ἀκαλλισσός.
It was for long politically united withIdebessos, its neighbour to the west. Thebishopric of Acalissus appears, in a low order of importance, among thesuffragans of themetropolitan see ofMyra in theNotitia Episcopatuum of Pseudo-Epiphanius, written during the reign of theByzantine EmperorHeraclius (610–641),[5] and in that of Basil the Armenian, composed between 820 and 842, but is absent in later records.[6] No longer a residential bishopric, Acalissus is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[7]
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