Mount Auxentius

Mount Auxentius (also known as Mount St. Auxentius, Mount Auxentios, or Mount Scopas), today known as Kayış Dağı in Turkish, is a mountain located in the eastern outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, in Kayışdağı neighborhood. Its summit is 428 metres above sea level.^[1] The mountain is named after Auxentius of Bithynia.

Mount Auxentius
Mount St. Auxentius Kayış Dağı
Mount Auxentius (Kayış Dağı) in winter
Highest point
Elevation	428 m (1,404 ft)
Coordinates	40°58′15″N 29°09′51″E
Geography
Location	Istanbul
Country	Turkey

Auxentius of Bithynia, whom the mountain is named after

The mountain was home to Christian monks and ascetics during the Byzantine period.^[2] Byzantine Christian monks who lived on the mountain included Saint Stephen the New (c. 713–764)^[3] and Saint Macarius of Mount Auxentius (died 768).^[4]

References

1. Della Dora, Veronica (2016). Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium. Cambridge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-316-48838-6. OCLC 938434170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Speake, Graham (2018). A history of the Athonite Commonwealth : the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos. New York. ISBN 978-1-108-34922-2. OCLC 1041501028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Della Dora, Veronica (2016). Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium. Cambridge. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-316-48838-6. OCLC 938434170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 17 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.