Cantanus or Kantanos (Ancient Greek: Κάντανος), or Cantania or Kantania (Καντανία), was town of ancient Crete, which the Peutinger Table fixes at 24 M.P. from Cisamus. It was a bishop's see under the Byzantine Empire, and when the Venetians obtained possession of the island they established a Latin bishop here, as in every other diocese. No longer the site of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
In the 19th century, Robert Pashley found remains of this city on a conical hill about a mile to the south of Khádros, now called Kandanos. The walls can be traced for little more than 150 paces; the style of their masonry attests a high antiquity.
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- Hierocles. Synecdemus.
- "Cantanus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- Robert Pashley, Travels vol. ii. p. 116.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cantanus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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