Anemurium

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Now ESTENMURE, a titular see of Cilicia, situated in antiquity on a high bluff knob that marks the southernmost point of Asia Minor, opposite Cyprus. The ruins of its theatres, tombs, and walls are still visible.

Sources

SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, 136; MAS LATRIE, Tresor de chronol. (Paris, 1895), 1985; DULAURIER, Hist. arm. des croisades, I, xix, xxiv.

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.