Moutalaske

Moutalaske was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times.[1] It was the birthplace of both Saint Sabas (439) and Saint Meletios (c. 1035).[2]

Its site is located near Talas, Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]

References

1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63, and directory notes accompanying.
2. Johannes Pahlitzsch (2019), "Byzantine Monasticism and the Holy Land: Palestine in Byzantine Hagiography of the 11th and 12th Centuries", in D. Bertaina et al. (eds.), Heirs of the Apostles: Studies on Arabic Christianity in Honor of Sidney H. Griffith (Leiden: Brill), pp. 231–255, at 243–245.
3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.