It was situated in a very fertile district, to which it is said to have been indebted for its name. The vine especially grew there very luxuriously.[2]
Imposing ruins, seen by Hamilton in 1837, have almost disappeared. Little is known about the history of the city. Under Roman dominion, Eucarpia belonged to the conventus of Synnada, to the southwest of which city it was situated.[3] It struck its own coins from the time of Augustus until the reign of Volusianus.
Ecclesiastical history
The bishopric, a suffragan of Synnada, figures in the Notitiae episcopatuum until the twelfth or thirteenth century. Six bishops are known:
^Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN978-88-209-9070-1), p. 891
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Eucarpia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
