Syria
A city of northern Syria, on the route between Antioch and the Euphrates, Cyrrhus served as a Christian episcopal see whose bishops shaped the great Christological controversies of late antiquity.
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Cyrrhus through the eras
Under Byzantine rule, Cyrrhus gained fame as 'Hagiopolis' for its shrine of the martyr-physicians Cosmas and Damian, while its bishop Theodoret — deposed at the 449 'Robber Council' — was dramatically rehabilitated at the Council of Chalcedon (451) before the city fell to Rashidun Arab forces around 637.
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Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Cyrrhus. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.