Lamus (see)

Lamus was a city and an episcopal see in the Roman province of Isauria. The see is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. The harbour of the city was at the town of Charadros (the Latin form of which is Charadrus), a name that has also been used for the see.

Site

The city of Lamus was situated on the double summit of a high hill overlooking the modern village of Adanda and about 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level. The ruins include a gate, adorned with an inscription dedicated to Gallienus (emperor from 253 to 260) and a relief of an eagle above an ox's head, and a temple of Vespasian and his son Titus.[1]

There are scarcely any ancient remains of the harbour town of Charadros, now Kalediran.[2]

Bishops of the residential see

In his Oriens Christianus, Michel Lequien mentions the ecclesia Lami et Charadri (church of Lamus and Charadrus), giving the names of two of its bishops:[3]

Bishops of the titular see

Titular Bishops of Charadrus[5][6]

Titular Bishops of Lamus[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Stillwell et al. (editors), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton University Press. 1976)
  2. ↑ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
  3. ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1017-1018]
  4. ↑ Mansi, Conc., VII, 563
  5. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Charadrus
  6. ↑ Charadrus (Titular See)
  7. ↑ Lamus (Titular See)
  8. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Lamus
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