Arabissus
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Town in ancient Cataonia - Cappadocia
Arabissus or Arabissos (
Armenia Secunda. The Byzantine Emperor Maurice was born there in 539. A cave of the Seven Sleepers is located in the Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye
.
Location
The town corresponds to present-day Afşin, formerly Yarpuz, in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[2][1]
Ecclesiastical history
Arabissus was an
Melitene
.
Its diocesan bishops included Otreius, who was at the
Stephen Peter Alencastre
(1924–1940).
Arabissus is now a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Titular Sees ('A')
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 441
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 449-450
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 836
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Arabissus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Le Quien, Oriens Christianus (1740), I, 449-450
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