Temnus

Temnus

Temnus is a Catholic titular see. The original diocese was in Asia Minor, a suffragan of Ephesus.

Temnus was a little town of Aeolia, near the River Hermus, which is shown on its coins. Situated on an elevation it commanded the territories of Cyme, Phocaea, and Smyrna. Under Augustus it was already on the decline; under Tiberius it was destroyed by an earthquake; and in the time of Pliny it was no longer inhabited. It was however rebuilt later.

Bishops

Le Quien ("Oriens Christianus", I, 707), mentions three bishops:

*Eustathius, who lived in 451;
*Theophilus, present at the Council of Nice (787);
*Ignatius, at Constantinople (869).

This see is not mentioned in the "Notitiae Episcopatuum". Ramsay ("Asia Minor", 108) thought the diocese of Temnus identical with that of Archangelus, which from the tenth to the thirteenth century the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" assigns to Smyrna. In 1413 the Turks seized the fortress of Archangelus, which they called Kaiadjik, i.e., small rock; this fortress was situated on the plains of Maenomenus, now know as Menemen. Doubtless, Temnus and Menemen are the same. However, Texier (Asie Mineure, 227) identifies Temnus with the village of Guzel Hissar, to the north of Menemen.

References

*William Smith, "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography", s.v.


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