Mesotymolus was an ancient Roman and Byzantine-era city on the Hermus River in ancient Lydia.
The city was the seat of an ancient bishopricJoseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ: (Printed for William Straker, 1834) p 407The Works, Volume 1 (Robert Knaplock, 1726)p398.Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, 2 Volumes (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2006) p400.Emmanuel de Schelstrate, Antiquitas ecclesiae dissertationibus, monimentis ac notis illustrata... opera et studio Emanuelis a Schelstrate,(Typis sacrae congregationis de propaganda fide, 1697) p675. which remains a vacant titular see to this day.Mesotymolus, Catholic Hierarchy.
Traditionally, its site has been connected with ruins near Takmak, Eşme,Titular Episcopal See of Mesotymolus, GCatholic modern scholars treat Mesotymolus as unlocated.
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