Vasada

Vasada (Ancient Greek: Οὐάσαδα, Ouasada) was a city of ancient Lycaonia and later of Isauria, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It was located a little to the southwest of Laodiceia.[1][2] In the acta of church councils attended by its bishop, the name appears variously as Usada or Ousada (Οὔσαδα) or Aasada (Ἀάσαδα).[3]

Its site is located near Bostandere, Konya Province, Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

Residential see

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Vasada, identified with the ruins on Mount Kestel Dağ near modern Seydişehir, was important enough in the Roman province of Lycaonia to become a suffragan of the Metropolis of Iconium, under the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

These bishops were historically documented:

Catholic titular see

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The diocese was nominally restored in 1929 by the Roman Catholic Church as the titular bishopric of Vasada.

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents:

Notes

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  1. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.4.10.
  2. ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 675.
  3. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Vasada". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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