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'''Orcistus''' or '''Orkistos''' ({{langx|grc|Ὀρκιστός}}) was a city originally in the northeast of [[ancient Phrygia]] and later a [[bishopric]] in the [[Roman province]] of [[Galatia|Galatia Secunda]], situated south of the town now called Ortaköy, Afyonkarahissar, and previously Alikel Yaila.<ref name=Pauly>[http://brillonline.nl/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/orcistus-e900800?s.num=3 Eckart Olshausen, "Orcistus" in ''Brill’s New Pauly'']</ref>

== City status ==
Originally an independent city of Galatia, it was annexed to [[Nacolea]] in [[Phrygia]] in the late 3rd century AD but was restored to independence by Emperor [[Constantine the Great]],<ref name=Pauly/> to whom the inhabitants of Orcistus appealed in 325. Constantine granted their request in 331.  He speaks of them as "supporters of the most holy religion", an ambiguous term that may perhaps refer to [[Christianity]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AUK5cQW2EUwC&dq=Orcistus&pg=PA289 Jonathan Bardill, ''Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age''] (Cambridge University Press 2011 {{ISBN|978-0-52176423-0}}), p. 289</ref>

== Bishopric ==
By the 5th century, it was an [[episcopal see]], as shown by the participation of bishops of Orcistus of the province of Galatia Secunda in the [[Council of Ephesus]] of 431 (Bishop Domnus), the [[Council of Chalcedon]] of 451 (Bishop Longinus), and the [[Council of Constantinople (692)|Council of Constantinople]] of 692 (Bishop Segermas).<ref name=Pauly/><ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11276a.htm Sophrone Pétridès, "Orcistus" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1911)]</ref>

Until the 13th century, the see of Orcistus continued to be mentioned in the [[Notitiae Episcopatuum]] as a [[suffragan]] of [[Pessinus]], the [[metropolitan see]] of Galatia Secunda.<ref name=CE/> It is included in the [[Catholic Church]]'s list of [[titular see]]s.<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 945</ref>

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