LYSTRA
LYSTRA (
Λύστρα ἡ, or
τά), a town of Lycaonia or Isauria, which is mentioned by Pliny (
5.42: Eth.
Lystreni) and Ptolemy (
5.4.12), and repeatedly in the New Testament History. (
Acts, 14.8, 21;
Timoth. 3.11; comp. Hierocl. p. 675.)
A bishop of Lystra was present at the Council of Chalcedon. Leake (
Asia Minor, p. 102) is inclined to place the town at
Khatoun Seraï, about 30 miles south of Iconium; but Hamilton (
Researches, vol. ii. p. 313), with more appearance of probability, identifies its site with the ruins of
Kaadagh, which are generally believed to be the remains of Derbe.
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