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Amastris

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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.

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.
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