Neocaesarea

Also known as: Niksar
Description: City in Pontus; St. Basil fled the bishopric here
Coordinates: 40.5942, 36.9544

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City in Pontus, northeastern Asia Minor (modern Niksar, Turkey). St. Basil fled the bishopric of Neocaesarea, as he himself writes in Epistle 164.

Preliminaries

TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — Basil fled the bishopric of Neocaesarea
"Saint Basil likewise fled the bishopric of Neocaesarea, as he himself writes in Epistle 164"