Otrus
Otrus or Otrous was a town of ancient Phrygia, in the Phrygian Pentapolis, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1]
It was the seat of a bishop, a notable bishop was Zoticus of Otrous. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
Its site is located near Yanık Ören in Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]
References
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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