ERZURUM. - A city formerly called Karin and Theodosiopolis, after Theodosius II, who fortified it in defense of the eastern frontiers of the Empire. E. is divided into three parts: the citadel, the city, and the outskirts. History mentions the bishop Astmazatur (Adeodatus) of E. at the Synod of Hronkia (1179); then Sarkis (Sergius), in the 13th century; Simeon in the 14th century, etc. In 1850 an episcopal see of the Catholics was created at E., under the jurisdiction of the primate of Constantinople, together with 5 other cities. From the 6th century until the 18th E. was repeatedly subject to the invasions, destructions and sackings of the Persians, Arabs and Turks. E. is today one of the principal cities of eastern Turkey. It has been destroyed several times by violent earthquakes.

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BIBL.: Procopio, De aedificiis, III, 5; G.-B. Tavernier, Viaggi nella Turchia..., I, Bologna 1890, pp. 28-27; L. Ingigan, Topogr. dell'Armenia antica, Venezia 1822; Mosè Corinese, Storia della grande Armenia, III, Venezia 1865, pp. 256, 257, 607.

Serafino Abelian

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