Editing Abydos (Hellespont) (section)

==Ecclesiastical history==
{{Main|Diocese of Abydos|Roman Catholic Diocese of Abydus}}
The [[bishopric]] of Abydus appears in all the ''[[Notitiae Episcopatuum]]'' of the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]] from the mid-7th century until the time of [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]] (1341), first as a [[suffragan]] of [[Cyzicus]] and then from 1084 as a [[metropolitan see]] without suffragans. The earliest bishop mentioned in extant documents is Marcian, who signed the joint letter of the bishops of Hellespontus to Emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] in 458, protesting about the murder of [[Proterius of Alexandria]]. A letter of [[Peter the Fuller]] (471–488) mentions a bishop of Abydus called Pamphilus. Ammonius signed the decretal letter of the Council of Constantinople in 518 against [[Severus of Antioch]] and others. Isidore was at the [[Third Council of Constantinople]] (680–681), John at the [[Trullan Council]] (692), Theodore at the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] (787). An unnamed bishop of Abydus was a counsellor of Emperor [[Nikephoros II]] in 969.<ref>Michel Lequien. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'']. Paris. 1740, Vol. I, coll. 773-776.</ref><ref>Sophrone Pétridès. v. ''Abydus'',  in [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6562709t/f125.image ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques''], vol. I. Paris. 1909. coll. 209-210.</ref>

Seals attest Theodosius as bishop of Abydos in the 11th century,<ref>''[http://www.doaks.org/resources/seals/byzantine-seals/BZS.1958.106.373/view Theodosios monk and bishop of Abydos (eleventh century)]''.Dumbarton Oaks</ref> and John as metropolitan bishop of Abydos in the 11/12th century.<ref>''[http://doaks.org/resources/seals/byzantine-seals/BZS.1951.31.5.307 John proedros (= metropolitan) of Abydos (eleventh/twelfth century)]''. Dumbarton Oaks</ref> Abydos remained a metropolitan see until the city fell to the Turks in the 14th century.<ref name="Nesbitt "/> The diocese is currently a [[titular see]] of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Gerasimos Papadopoulos was titular Bishop of Abydos from 1962 until his death in 1995.<ref>''[https://www.goarch.org/-/gerasimos-papadopoulos-bishop-of-abydos-the-wise-abba-of-america Gerasimos Papadopoulos: Bishop of Abydos, the Wise Abba of America]''. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America</ref> [[Simeon Kruzhkov]] was bishop of Abydos from May to September 1998.<ref>Rimestad (2014), p. 299, p. 309</ref> [[Kyrillos Katerelos]] was consecrated bishop of Abydos in 2008.<ref>''[https://www.patriarchate.org/-/abydou-k-kyrillos Kyrillos of Abydos]''. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople {{in lang|el}}</ref>

In 1222, during the [[Latin occupation]], the [[papal legate]] [[Giovanni Colonna (died 1245)|Giovanni Colonna]] united the dioceses of Abydos and [[Madytos (Thrace)|Madytos]] and placed the see under direct Papal authority.<ref name="Leveniotis13-14">Leveniotis (2017), pp. 13-14</ref> No longer a residential [[bishopric]], Abydus is today listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a titular see.