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{{Short description|Episcopal city in the late Roman province of Lydia}}
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'''Silandus''' or '''Silandos''' ({{langx|grc|Σιλάνδος}}) was an episcopal city in the late [[Roman province]] of [[Lydia]]. It was near and gave its name to the present town of [[Selendi]] in [[Manisa Province]], [[Turkey]].

== Historical diocese ==
The see of Silandus, a [[suffragan]] of the [[see of Sardis]], is mentioned in the Greek ''[[Notitiae episcopatuum]]'' until the 13th century; the city is not mentioned by any ancient geographer or historian. Some of its coins survive, showing representations of the River [[Hermus]]. Some inscriptions but no ruins are now found there.

=== Residential Bishops ===
The list of bishops of Silandus given by [[Le Quien]], ''Oriens christianus'', I, 881, needs correction:
*Markus, present at the [[First Council of Nicaea|Council of Nicaea]], 325;<ref>Less probably bishop of [[Blaundus]], as suggested by Ramsay, ''Asia Minor'', 134.</ref>
*Alcimedes at Chalcedon, 451;<ref>Anatolius, who signed the letter of the bishops of the province to [[Leo I the Thracian|Emperor Leo]], 458, belongs rather to [[Sala (titular see)|Sala]], Ramsay, ibid., 122.</ref>
*Andreas, at the Council of Constantinople 680; Stephanus, at Constantinople, 787;
*Eustathius, at Constantinople, 879.<ref>Perhaps Bishop of [[Blaundus]].</ref>

The bishop mentioned as having taken part in the Council of Constantinople, 1351, belongs to the See of [[Synaus]].<ref>Wächter, ''Der Verfall des Griechentums in Kleinasien im XIV Jahrhundert'', Leipzig, 1903, 63, n. 1.</ref>

== Titular bishopric ==
The bishopric was nominally revived in 1900 as a Latin [[titular see]] of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but is vacant since 1968, after only two incumbents:
* Bishop [[Próspero París]] (姚宗李), [[Jesuits|S.J.]] (1900.04.06 – 1931.05.13)
* Bishop James Albert Duffy (1931.05.07 – 1968.02.12)

== References ==
* [[William Mitchell Ramsay]], ''Asia Minor'' (London, 1890), 122;
* Texier, ''Asie mineure'' (Paris, 1862), 276.

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1603.htm GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links]
* {{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Silandus}}

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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Lydia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey]]
[[Category:History of Manisa Province]]
[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Asia|Silandus]]


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