Gortyna

The passage mentioned by the doctor concerning the Epistle of Dionysius to the Church at Gortyna in Crete is very little to his purpose; neither doth he call Philip, the bishop of that church, the bishop of all the other churches in Crete, as the doctor intimates, but the bishop of them to whom especially and eminently he wrote.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

There are cattle at pasture on the right and left banks of that river, but while the cattle that feed near Gnosus have the usual spleen, those on the other side near Gortyna have no perceptible spleen.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Cyril, bishop of Gortyna, was seized by order of Lucius, the governor of that place, who, nevertheless, exhorted him to obey the imperial mandate, perform the sacrifices, and save his venerable person from destruction; for he was now eighty-four years of age.

Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

St. Titus has been looked upon in Crete as the first archbishop of Gortyna, which metropolitical see is fixed at Candia, since this new metropolis was built by the Saracens.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

In the Laws Plato represents one of the persons of the dialogue as having been asked by the people of Gortyna to draw up laws for a colony which they were founding.

Politics: A Treatise on Government 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

The body of St. Titus was kept with great veneration in the cathedral of Gortyna, the ruins of which city, the ancient metropolis of the island, situated six miles from mount Ida, are still very remarkable.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

That pasturage and food may indicate the healthful qualities of a site is a fact which can be observed and investigated in the case of certain pastures in Crete, on each side of the river Pothereus, which separates the two Cretan states of Gnosus and Gortyna.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

The city of Candia was built in the ninth century, seventeen miles from the ancient Gortyn or Gortyna.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Gortyna, mentioned by Ptolemy,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

It is, however, only an ancient quarry out of which Gortyna was built; the labyrinth was situated near Cnossus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913