Ancient Lycian town
Lysinia (Ancient Greek : Λυσινία )[1] or Lysinoe (Λυσινόη) was a town in the north of ancient Pisidia and later assigned to Pamphylia .[2] [3] Hierocles has the name as Lysenara (Λυσήναρα).[4] It was located on the south of the Ascania Lacus , and west of Sagalassus .
It became the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church .[5]
Its site is located near the modern town of Karakent in Burdur Province , Turkey .[6]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1854–1857). "Lysinoe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
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