Aspendus

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A titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor, situated along the Eurymedon, on a lofty hill that commands a view of the distant sea. Its episcopal list (325-787) is given in Gams (p. 450).

Sources

LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), I, 99; SMITH, Dict. of Christ. Geogr., I, 241.

Source Record

Publication: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1907.
Nihil Obstat: Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
Imprimatur: Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.