Sasima (Ancient Greek:Σάσιμα) was a town ofancient Cappadocia and in the lateRoman province ofCappadocia Secunda, located 24Roman miles to the south ofNazianzus.
Its site is located nearHasanköy,Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
Sasima is mentioned in only three non-religious documents: "Itiner. Anton.", 144; "Itiner. Hiersol.", 577;Hierocles, 700, 6. The very small town is known for being the first see ofSt. Gregory of Nazianzus who was appointed to it by his friendSt. Basil as an aspect of Basil's conflict withAnthimus. Gregory was there only briefly, if at all. Anthimus, bishop ofTyana, had claimed status as an archbishop and jurisdiction over Sasima after the Emperor Valens divided Cappadocia into two parts. Anthimus appointed a competing claimant bishop for Sasima to whom Gregory effectively ceded the town. All the GreekNotitiae episcopatuum consider Sasima part of Cappadocia Secunda,[3] as does theAnnuario Pontificio, making it a suffragan ofTyana.[4]
Ambrose of Sasima signed the letter of the bishops of the province toByzantine EmperorLeo I the Thracian in 458. About the same time Eleusius appears as an adversary of theCouncil of Chalcedon.[3]
Towards 1143 Clement was condemned as aBogomile. The "Notitiae" mention the see until the following century.[3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sasima".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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