Mossyna

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Template:Short description Mossyna (Template:Langx) or Mosyna (Μοσύνα) was a city of the middle Maeander valley in the late Roman province Phrygia Pacatiana II. It is mentioned as a bishopric by Hierocles and other ecclesiastical writers.[1][2][3] It may have been named for the classical Mossynoeci, or for the Greek word for a wooden tower (Μοσσύν).[3]

Mossyna became a Byzantine bishopric, located between Dionysopolis and Laodikeia, and is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[4]

Its site is Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Çal, in Denizli Province, Turkey.[5]

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