Editing Colossae (section)

{{Short description|Ancient city of Phrygia}}
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 | name                 = Colossae
 | native_name          = {{lang|grc|Κολοσσαί}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Kolossaí}})
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 | alt                  = Ruins of Colossae
 | caption              = Ruins of Colossae
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[[File:TR Colossae site asv2020-02 img08.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Ruins of Colossae]]
[[File:TR Colossae site asv2020-02 img05.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Colossae's [[acropolis]]]]

'''Colossae''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|l|ɒ|s|i}}; {{langx|grc|Κολοσσαί}}) was an ancient city of [[Phrygia]] in southern [[Asia Minor]] (Anatolia). The [[Epistle to the Colossians]], an early Christian text which identifies its author as [[Paul the Apostle]], is addressed to the church in Colossae. A significant city from the 5th century BC onwards, it had dwindled in importance by the time of Paul, and was notable for the existence of its local angel cult.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Piccardi |first1=Luigi |title=The AD 60 Denizli Basin earthquake and the apparition of Archangel Michael at Colossae (Aegean Turkey) |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |date=2007 |volume=273 |issue=1 |pages=95–105 |doi=10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.08|bibcode=2007GSLSP.273...95P |s2cid=129096978 }}</ref> It was part of the Roman and Byzantine province of [[Phrygia Pacatiana]], before being destroyed in 1192/3 and its population relocating to nearby ''Chonae'' (Chonai, modern-day [[Honaz]]).{{cn|date=May 2025}}