Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Basen

By Serafino Akelian

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BASEN. - Major district of the province of Ararat, in Armenia, divided into upper and lower B.

It was one of the dioceses that received their first bishop from St. Gregory the Illuminator himself, who appointed Eudalio for B. The see of B. is historically one of the earliest in Armenia.

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BIBL.: L. Ingigian, Topografia dell'Armenia antica, Venice 1822, pp. 380-87; L. Alisan, Descrizore dell'Ararat, ibid. 1890, pp. 15-26; S. Eprikian, Dizionario topograf. dell'Armenia, ibid. 1902, p. 383.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 943–944.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Basen.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 943–944. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/basen.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Basen.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 943–944. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/basen.

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@incollection{ec2_basen,
  author    = {Akelian, Serafino},
  title     = {Basen},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {943--944},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/basen}
}

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