City and bishopric of ancient Pamphylia
Magydus (Ancient Greek :Μάγυδος ,romanized : Magydos ancient Pamphylia on the Mediterranean coast of southwesternAsia Minor . It is probably the same asMygdale (Μυγδάλη) described in theStadiasmus Maris Magni [ 1]
Its site was probably at modernLara (Antalya province), where there are ruins of a small artificial harbour.[ 2] [ 3]
Magydus was a small town with no notable history, on the coast betweenAttaleia andPerga , mentioned occasionally by geographers of the Roman and Late Antiquity periods, and on numerous coins of the imperial era.[ 2]
It was situated in theRoman province ofPamphylia Secunda .
Ecclesiastical history [ edit ] The bishopric of Magydus was asuffragan of thearchbishopric of Perga , themetropolitan see of that province,[ 4] Patriarchate of Constantinople , until the 12th or 13th century.[ 5]
Five of its bishops are historically documented:[ 2]
After centuries of abeyance, it was nominally restored no later than the late 18th century as the Latintitular bishopric ofMagyddus (renamed Magydus in 1925) orMagido (Curiate Italian) / Magyden(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
Mariano Zaralli (經),Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (Italian) (1787.04.03 – death 1790.04.16) asApostolic Vicar ofShensi and Shansi 陝西山西 (China) (1787.04.03 – 1790.04.16) James Browne (1827.03.20 – 1829.04.30) asCoadjutor Bishop ofKilmore (Ireland) (1827.03.20 – succession 1829.04.30); next Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1829.04.30 – death 1865.04.11) Friar Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06not possessed ), still without actual prelature; later Titular Bishop ofEleutheropolis (1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17) asCoadjutor Apostolic Vicar ofHupeh 湖北 (China) (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01), (succeeding) as 'last' Apostolic Vicar of Hupeh 湖北 (1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11) and (see) restyled as 'first' Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) (1870.09.11 – death 1883.05.17) Vinceno Bracco (Italian) (1866.03.02 – 1873.03.21), then without actual prelature; next residentialLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1873.03.21 – death 1889.06.19) and Grand Master ofEquestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (1873.03.21 – 1889.06.19)Paškal Buconjić, O.F.M. (1880.02.28 – 1881.07.05) as last Apostolic Vicar ofHerzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina ) (1880.01.30 – 1881.07.05); next (see) promoted first Bishop ofMostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1881.07.05 – death 1910.12.08) BIOS TO ELABORATE Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (1882.03.27 – 1883) Bernardino Caldaioli (1883.08.09 – 1884.03.02)Giovanni Cagliero ,Salesians (S.D.B.) (later Cardinal) (1884.10.30 – 1904.03.24)Ludovít Szmrecsányi (later Archbishop) (1904.11.14 – 1912.03.26) André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy,Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1912.12.11 – 1947.07.30) Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1947.12.20 – 1975.03.21). ^ Stadiasmus Maris Magni ^a b c Sophrone Pétridès, "Magydus" inCatholic Encyclopedia (New York 1910 ^ Pleiades Beta Portal:Magydos ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1 ^ Jean Darrouzès,Notitiae episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Texte critique, introduction et notes , Paris1981 ^ Jean Darrouzès,Listes épiscopales du concile de Nicée (787) , inRevue des études byzantines , 33 (1975), p. 51. public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1854–1857). "Magydus".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Sources and external links [ edit ] Bibliography Pius Bonifacius Gams,Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, p. 450 Michel Lequien,Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus , Paris 1740, vol. I, coll. 1025-1026 Konrad Eubel,Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 322; vol. 6, p. 272; vol. 7, p. 349; vol. 8, pp. 359–360 Sylvain Destephen,Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641) , Paris 2008 36°51′10″N 30°47′37″E / 36.85276°N 30.793665°E /36.85276; 30.793665
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Magydus".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.