Balbissa

Niğde Province, Turkey

Balbissa was a town of ancient Cappadocia still inhabited in Byzantine times. The name Balbissa does not occur in ancient authors but is inferred from epigraphic and other evidence. A bishop of Balbissa, Leontius was accused of Bogomilism and tried before the synod in Constantinople in 1143. Its site is located near Yaylaköy, Asiatic Turkey.

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