Pityus

Note: Pityus is Pitchinda, according to D’Anville, ii.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"A while back-and nobody's sure exactly when because nobody was looking for it-what you might call a darkness turned up in a place called Pityus, which is like four hundred miles southeast of Taglios.

Shadow Games Cook, Glen 1989

Being the mother church in the Caucasus, Pitzunda, then Pityus, continued to be the seat of the Catholics of Abkhasia until the Twelfth Century.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Pityus was located at the end of the gulf, east of Cape Pitsunda, near the River Chypesta and the village of Abchasik, in the vilayet of Trebizond.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Pityus was a large and wealthy Greek city on the northeast of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Constantinople, but died on his way to the remote desert of Pityus.

A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Alfred Wesley Wishart 1899

Cythegius, with their quaternion of soldiers, arrived, and issued the surly order that next morning the journey to Pityus must be begun.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

It was the desperately repellent and ruined town of Pityus, on the Euxine.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

Philip received early intelligence of the desolating news that even Cucusus was not regarded as remote enough to destroy the influence and starve out the life of his beloved father, and that in the frightful ruins of Pityus he was doomed to end his days.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

Philip saw that he had made up his mind that Chrysostom should never reach Pityus alive, and that on this consummation, regardless of conscience or compassion, he intended to base his claim to advancement and reward.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895