Mopsuestia

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Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mopsuestia canonical 33
Mopsouestia 1
Mopsuestia (later name) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Antiochene theological school ⓘ
linked to: School of Antioch

Theodore of Mopsuestia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
currentSettlementNearby Misis (modern village) ⓘ
Yakapınar ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Early Christian period ⓘ
linked to: Patristic period

Roman period ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mamistra ⓘ
Mamistra (medieval name) ⓘ
Mamistron ⓘ
linked to: Mamistra

Misis ⓘ
hasAncientName Mopsos ⓘ
Mopsouestia ⓘ
linked to: Mopsuestia

Mopsuestia ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains baths ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
hasGreekName Μόψου ἑστία ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus archaeological heritage site ⓘ
hasLatinName Mopsuestia ⓘ
hasStructure Roman bridge ⓘ
churches ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
locatedEastOf Tarsus ⓘ
locatedIn Cilicia ⓘ
Cilicia Pedias ⓘ
linked to: Cilicia
locatedInPresentDay Adana Province ⓘ
linked to: Adana

southern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: southern Anatolia
locatedInRegion Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Cilicia (Roman province) ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ceyhan River ⓘ
linked to: Tarsus River

Pyramus River ⓘ
locatedWestOf Issus ⓘ
namedAfter Mopsus ⓘ
linked to: Oenotrus
notableBishop Theodore of Mopsuestia ⓘ
participatedIn early Christian theological debates ⓘ
partOf Cilicia Secunda ⓘ
linked to: Cilicia
religion Christianity ⓘ
servedAs bishopric ⓘ
metropolitan see ⓘ
underControlOf Arab caliphates ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
wasImportantAs Byzantine ecclesiastical center ⓘ
Christian center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
strategic military site ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantius II → deathPlace → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Cilicia → majorCity → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsuestia → hasAncientName → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsuestia → hasAncientName → Mopsouestia ⓘ
linked to: Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia → hasLatinName → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsos → associatedWith → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsos → classicalNameOf → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsos → predecessorOf → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mopsos → hasAlternativeName → Mopsuestia (later name) ⓘ
linked to: Mopsuestia
Misis → historicalName → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Misis → knownAs → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mamistra → alsoKnownAs → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Mamistra → medievalNameOf → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Mamistra (medieval name)
Mamistra → hasAncientName → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Mamistra (medieval name)
Mamistra → predecessorSettlement → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Mamistra (medieval name)
Misis → locatedNear → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Misis (modern village)
Misis → hasHistoricalConnectionTo → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Misis (modern village)
Misis → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Misis (modern village)
Misis → associatedWithAncientName → Mopsuestia ⓘ
subject linked to: Misis (modern village)
Yakapınar → locatedNear → Mopsuestia ⓘ
Yakapınar → nearbyAncientName → Mopsuestia ⓘ