Πληροφορίες τοπωνυμίου

St. James the Syrian

ΑΜΙΔΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ

• http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj1v.htm

Acacius, bishop of Amida

   A bishop of Amida, distinguished for piety and charity in having sold church-plate, etc., to redeem 7000 Persian prisoners on the Tigris, in Mesopotamia. His death is commemorated in the Latin Church on April 9th.

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

St. Acacius, bishop of Amida. Feastday: April 9

• http://saints.catholic.org/saints/acacius3.html
• http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta1o.htm