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'''Pedachtoë''' or '''Pedachthoe''', also known as '''Heracleopolis''' or '''Herakleioupolis''' ({{lang-grc|Ἡρακλειούπολις}}), was a town of [[ancient Pontus]], inhabited during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Byzantine]] times.<ref name=Barrington/> It was assigned to the late Roman province of [[Armenia Prima]],<ref name=DARE/> in which it became the seat of an archbishop. No longer a residential see, it remains a [[titular see]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2p58.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref>
Its site is tentatively located near [[Akşehir, Sivas|Akşehir]] in [[Anatolia|Asiatic Turkey]], though others locate it at [[Güneykaya, Yıldızeli]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|87}}</ref><ref name=DARE>{{Cite DARE|27830}}</ref><ref name="cult">{{cite web
| url =http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E02993
| title =The Greek Life and Martyrdom of Athenogenes
| last =Rizos
| first =Efthymios
| date =2017
| website =Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity
| publisher =[[University of Oxford]]
| access-date =2024-09-12
| quote = This extensive version of the Martyrdom of Athenogenes is the earliest extant textual expression of a cult based at the village of Pedachthoe (modern Güneykaya, in Ottoman times known as Bedohtun) in the mountainous region north of Sebasteia/Sebaste (modern Sivas).}}</ref>
In ancient times it contained the sanctuary of [[Athenogenes of Pedachtoë]].
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