Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bible Encyclopedias
Amastris
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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(Now AMASSERAH or SAMASTRO.)
A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea. Its episcopal list dates from the third century (Gams, I, 454). It is mentioned by Homer (Iliad, II, 853), was a flourishing town in the time of Trajan (98-117), and was of some importance until the seventh century of our era.
Sources
LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), I, 561-566; SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, 118.
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Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Amastris'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amastris.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Amastris'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amastris.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
