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Nicaea

İznik, Turkey

40.428, 29.719

Attested. The 325 meeting at Nicaea is not in doubt. The original minutes do not survive.

Nicaea, now
Now. Elelicht. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nicaea, then
Then. Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

A Bithynian city chosen in 325 for the first empire-wide bishops' council, close to Constantine's residence at Nicomedia.

Sources

No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.

Cited notes

  • 325. First (325) and Second (787) Councils of Nicaea.

    See Councils page (sources there) · Unverified in the source note

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