Agathonice
Sign in to saveAgathonice () or Agathonicea () was a town and bishopric in Thrace during the Middle Ages. It remains a titular see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Agathonice () or Agathonicea () was a town and bishopric in Thrace during the Middle Ages. It remains a titular see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and of the Roman Catholic Church.
== History == Agathonice is most likely to be identified with the modern settlement of Oryahovo in southern Bulgaria.
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