Isauria
Britishnoun
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Most Rev. Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 58, titular archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
The obscure rebellion of Trebellianus, who assumed the purple in Isauria, a petty province of Asia Minor, was attended with strange and memorable consequences.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart
The emperor, by an unjust usurpation in the affairs of the Church, assembled a council of Arians at Seleucia, in Isauria, to undermine the great council of Nice.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Isauria and Egypt he visited in the character of a conqueror, Gaul in the character of a deliverer.
From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas
The converted Goth or the renegade Persian, the half-civilized mountaineer from Isauria, the Copt and Syrian and Armenian were all welcomed in the army or civil service, if only they had ability.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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