Pınarhisar

 ( Populated Places In Pınarhisar District ) 

Pınarhisar, ancient Brysis (Βρύσις in Ancient Greek), is a town in Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Pınarhisar District. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 10,497 (2022). The mayor is İhsan Talay (AKP).

The town was a part of the defensive line Lüleburgaz - Karaağaç - Bunarhisar during the First Balkan War. The former spelling of its name was Bunarhisar. The settlement was captured by in the First Balkan War but was taken back by the Ottoman Empire in the course of the Second Balkan War.

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History According to Turkish government resources, Pınarhisar was founded during the reign of Theodosius II, by c. 425, under the name "Brysis" meaning "spring" in Greek language. The town's fortress was built during the Byzantine era. In 1190, the town was significantly damaged by Crusades occupation. It was attacked by Tatars in 1264.

The town was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1368, by the forces under the command of Ghazi Mihal, as a part of a campaign led by Murad I.

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Christian bishopric The first mention of the archdiocese of Brysis is in an early 10th-century Notitia Episcopatuum associated with Byzantine Empire Leo VI the Wise. Extant documents record the names of three of its ancient archbishops: John took part in the Second Council of Nicaea in 787; Nicetas was at the Photian Council of Constantinople (879) dell'879; Leo was one of the signatories of a decree of Patriarch Alexius of Constantinople in 1027.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 428Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1187-1188Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, vol. 6, p. 151 e vol. 93, p. 322

During the Fourth Crusade Brysis became a Latin Church archbishopric under the name Verissa (of Thrace).Raymond Janin, La hiérarchie ecclésiastique dans le diocèse de Thrace, in Revue des études byzantines, tome 17, 1959. pp. 136-149, in particolare p. 143; e Darrouzès Jean (recensione di): Giorgio Fedalto, La Chiesa latina in Oriente. II. Hierarchia latina Orientis, in Revue des études byzantines, 1977, vol. 35, n° 1, pp. 302-303, in particolare p. 303.

No longer a residential bishopric, Brysis is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 853

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Sources

• Peter Soustal (1991). 9783700118985, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. . ISBN 9783700118985

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