Ceramus
Encyclopedia : C : CE : CER : Ceramus
Ceramus or Keramos (Greek: Κέραμος) was a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named for this city—in Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; its ruins can be found outside the modern village of Ören, Muğla Province, Turkey.
Ceramus subject at first to Stratonicea, afterwards autonomous, was a member of the Athenian League and was one of the chief cities of the Chrysaorian League (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). In ancient times, it probably had a temple of Zeus Chrysaoreus. In Roman times it coined its own money. It is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the twelfth or thirteenth century as a bishopric suffragan to Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis. Three bishops are known: Spudasius, who attended the Council of Ephesus in 431; Maurianus, who attended the Council of Nicaea in 787; and Symeon, who attended the council in Constantinople that reinstated Photius in 879.
Ceramus remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, Ceramensis, the current bishop is Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, appointed on October 23, 2000.
External links
- [Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean]
- [Catholic Encyclopedia, "Ceramus" at New Advent]
- [Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer]
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.