Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Amastris (Today Amasrah)

AMASTRIS (OGGI AMASRAH)

Italian original Cite

AMASTRIS (Today Amasrah). - City of Paphlagonia, on the Black Sea. Around 300 B.C. Sesamos and other nearby centers were united into a single city, which was thus named after its supposed foundress, A., niece of Darius III, king of Persia, and successively wife of Craterus, Dionysius and Lysimachus.

Of the bishops of A., which was originally a diocese of Asia Minor, the first record dates to the 2nd century and the last to 1351. Cf. the lists in M. Le Quien, Oriens Christianus, I, Paris 1740, pp. 561-66.

About this entry

By Pietro Sfair

How we know read from the page scan

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 975–976.

More by Pietro Sfair: Amadia (Amadijah), Diocese of · Amida · 'Anānīšo (Enañiesu, 'Enānīšo) · Anastasius Magundat, Saint, Martyr · Alexander, Patriarch of Antioch

Cite this article

Chicago

Sfair, Pietro. “Amastris (Oggi Amasrah).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 975–976. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/amastris-oggi-amasrah.

MLA

Sfair, Pietro. “Amastris (Oggi Amasrah).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 975–976. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/amastris-oggi-amasrah.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec1_amastris_oggi_amasrah,
  author    = {Sfair, Pietro},
  title     = {Amastris (Oggi Amasrah)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {975--976},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/amastris-oggi-amasrah}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.