Germa or Germe (Ancient Greek: Γέρμη) or Germae or Germai (Γέρμαι),[1] or Hiera Germa or Hiera Germe (Ἱερά Γέρμη), meaning 'holy Germa', also known as Germa in Hellesponto to distinguish it from several other towns named Germa, was a town of ancient Mysia, situated between the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus.[2][3] It appears in episcopal notices as an archbishopric.[1] and was represented at the Council of Ephesus and Calcedon[4] by the towns bishop. No longer the seat of a residential archbishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[5]

Its site is located near Karaçam in Savaştepe, Asiatic Turkey.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 663, 2.
  2. ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.14.
  3. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (University of Liverpool 2005) page 230.
  5. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
  6. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Germa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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