Cotenna
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Cotenna is a Catholic titular see
. The original see was in Asia Minor. Strabo
mentions the Katenneis in Pisidia
adjoining Selge (now Sürk) and the tribe of Homonades (east and north of Trogitis, Séidi Shéihr Lake). Their city is identified with the modern Gödene, Turkey
.
An inscription has been found showing that the people called themselves Kotenneis, so that the true name of the town was Kotenna. Hierocles
mentions it as Kotana in Pamphylia. It appears as Kotaina in Parthey's Notitiæ episcopatuum as a suffragan of Side.
It has been said that the Kotenneis are the same as the Etenneis, mentioned by Polybius
as living in Pisidia above Side, and who struck coins in the Roman times. The native name may have been Hetenneis, and the tribe afterwards divided into at least two districts, the northern taking the name Etenneis while the southern preferred Kotenneis.
There was another see called Etenna or something similar. A third district was perhaps also called Banaba or Manaua; for in 680 Cosmas appears as Bishop of "Kotenna and Manaua".
In the modern era, the title has been revived and bestowed on five bishops:
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The original see was in Asia Minor. Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
mentions the Katenneis in Pisidia
Pisidia
Pisidia was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Lycia, and bordering Caria, Lydia, Phrygia and Pamphylia. It corresponds roughly to the modern-day province of Antalya in Turkey...
adjoining Selge (now Sürk) and the tribe of Homonades (east and north of Trogitis, Séidi Shéihr Lake). Their city is identified with the modern Gödene, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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An inscription has been found showing that the people called themselves Kotenneis, so that the true name of the town was Kotenna. Hierocles
Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)
Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each...
mentions it as Kotana in Pamphylia. It appears as Kotaina in Parthey's Notitiæ episcopatuum as a suffragan of Side.
It has been said that the Kotenneis are the same as the Etenneis, mentioned by Polybius
Polybius
Polybius , Greek ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his work, The Histories, which covered the period of 220–146 BC in detail. The work describes in part the rise of the Roman Republic and its gradual domination over Greece...
as living in Pisidia above Side, and who struck coins in the Roman times. The native name may have been Hetenneis, and the tribe afterwards divided into at least two districts, the northern taking the name Etenneis while the southern preferred Kotenneis.
Bishops
The names of six early bishops are known:- Hesychius in 381,
- Acacius in 431,
- Eugenius or Eusebius in 451,
- Flavianus in 536,
- Cosmas in 680,
- Macarius in 879.
There was another see called Etenna or something similar. A third district was perhaps also called Banaba or Manaua; for in 680 Cosmas appears as Bishop of "Kotenna and Manaua".
In the modern era, the title has been revived and bestowed on five bishops:
- Odorico Tc'eng in 1926
- Evaristo Tchang in 1929
- Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi in 1932
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in 1948 - John Joseph Dougherty in 1962