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Alabanda

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A titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the present Arab-Hissar. A list of its bishops is known from 451 to 879. In antiquity its inhabitants were noted for their habits of luxury. It was the seat of a district court in imperial times and a very flourishing town.

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SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Rom. Geogr., I, 81; LEQUIEN, Oriens Christianus (1740), I, 91.

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Alabanda'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/alabanda.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
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