Pionia (Mysia)
Ancient city of Mysia
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Pionia (Ancient Greek: Πιονία) or Pioniai (Πιονίαι) was a town in the interior of ancient Mysia, on the river Satnioeis, to the northwest of Antandrus, and to the northeast of Gargara.[1]
Its people believed the town was founded by Pionis, one of the descendants of Heracles. According to local tradition, whenever the inhabitants prepared a sacrifice to honor him as a hero, smoke would mysteriously rise from his tomb on its own.[2]
Under the Roman dominion it belonged to the jurisdiction of Adramyttium,[3] and in the ecclesiastical notices it appears as a bishopric of the Hellespontine province.[4] The bishop Aetius represented the city at the Council of Ephesus. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[5]
Its site is located near Gömeniç in Asiatic Turkey.[6][7]
