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Sbida

Sbida or Sbide was a town of ancient Cilicia and in the later Roman province of Isauria, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Sbida or Sbide was a town of ancient Cilicia and in the later Roman province of Isauria, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times.1 It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.2

Its site is located near Yukarıçağlar, Asiatic Turkey.13

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References

  1. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  2. Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

36°42′49″N 32°47′51″E / 36.713636°N 32.797551°E / 36.713636; 32.797551