Lamus was a city and an episcopal see in the Roman province of Isauria. The see is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. The harbour of the city was at the town of Charadros (the Latin form of which is Charadrus), a name that has also been used for the see.
Site
The city of Lamus was situated on the double summit of a high hill overlooking the modern village of Adanda and about above sea level. The ruins include a gate, adorned with an inscription dedicated to Gallienus (emperor from 253 to 260) and a relief of an eagle above an ox's head, and a temple of Vespasian and his son Titus.Richard Stillwell et al. (editors), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton University Press. 1976)
There are scarcely any ancient remains of the harbour town of Charadros, now Kalediran.The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Bishops of the residential see
In his Oriens Christianus, Michel Lequien mentions the ecclesia Lami et Charadri (church of Lamus and Charadrus), giving the names of two of its bishops:Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1017-1018] Nunechius took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451, where he is referred to as Bishop of Charadrus. He signed, as "Bishop of Lamus and Charadrus" the letter that the bishops of Isauria sent in 458 to Leo I the Thracian.Mansi, Conc., VII, 563 Eustathius signed the acts of the Second Council of Nicaea as "ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος Λάμου" (unworthy bishop of Lamus).
Bishops of the titular see
Titular Bishops of CharadrusTitular Episcopal See of CharadrusCharadrus (Titular See)
Pierre Trenchant, M.E.P. (1802-1806) Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M. (1861-1869) John Leonard (1872-1908) :nl:Michael Antonius Maria Vuylsteke, O.P. (1910-1930)
Titular Bishops of LamusLamus (Titular See)Titular Episcopal See of Lamus
John McIntyre (1912-1917) Thomas Shine (1921-1929) Henricus Lamiroy (1929-1931) Edward Myers(1932-1951) Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. (1951-1967)
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