Stauropolis

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Stauropolis was the later Byzantine-era name of the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Caria, known as an important regional center and episcopal see.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Stauropolis canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
episcopal see ⓘ
former Catholic diocese ⓘ
titular see ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil Byzantine church councils (as a metropolitan see) ⓘ
bishopTitle Metropolitan of Stauropolis ⓘ
countryDuringByzantineEra Byzantine Empire ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
flourishedIn Byzantine period ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
geographicalContext inland Caria ⓘ
hadStatus archbishopric ⓘ
metropolitan see ⓘ
hasFormerName Aphrodisias ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus part of Aphrodisias archaeological heritage ⓘ
hasModernCountry Turkey ⓘ
hasRuinsSharedWith Aphrodisias ⓘ
isArchaeologicalSite yes ⓘ
isListedAs Catholic titular metropolitan see ⓘ
languageInUse Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Caria ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Anatolia ⓘ
locatedNear modern Geyre ⓘ
nameMeaning City of the Cross ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
primaryCultBeforeChristianity Aphrodite (as Aphrodisias) ⓘ
provinceDuringRomanEra Caria ⓘ
regionHistoricalName Asia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
succeeded Aphrodisias as Christian city name ⓘ
transitionedFrom pagan city of Aphrodisias ⓘ
transitionedTo Christian city of Stauropolis ⓘ
urbanType walled city ⓘ
wasImportantAs ecclesiastical center ⓘ
regional center ⓘ
wasKnownFor Christian monuments ⓘ
episcopal administration ⓘ
wasRenamedFrom Aphrodisias ⓘ
wasSeatOf bishopric of Stauropolis ⓘ
metropolitan see of Caria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Aphrodisias → laterName → Stauropolis ⓘ