Editing Lydia (section)

==== Christianity ====
Lydia later had numerous Christian communities and, after [[Christianity]] became the [[State religion|official religion]] of the Roman Empire in the 4th century, Lydia became one of the provinces of the diocese of Asia in the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]]. 
 
The ecclesiastical province of Lydia had a metropolitan diocese at [[Sardis]] and suffragan dioceses for [[Alaşehir|Philadelphia]], [[Thyatira]], [[Tripolis (Phrygia)|Tripolis]], [[Settae]], [[Gordus (Lydia)|Gordus]], [[Tralles]], [[Silandus]], [[Maeonia (city)|Maeonia]], [[Apollonos Hierum]], [[Mostene]], [[Apollonias]], [[Attalia]], [[Hyrcanis (Lydia)|Hyrcania]], Bage, [[Balandus]], [[Hermocapella]], [[Hierocaesarea]], [[Acrassus]], [[Dalda]], [[Stratonicia]], [[Cerasa]], [[Jabala|Gabala]], [[Satala]], [[Aureliopolis]] and [[Hellenopolis]]. Bishops from the various dioceses of Lydia were well represented at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and at the later ecumenical councils.<ref>Le Quien, ''Oriens Christianus'', i. 859–98</ref>