Dionysiopolis
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City of Phrygia in Asia Minor
For other places with the same name, see Dionysiopolis (disambiguation).
Dionysiopolis (
Thrace but on the Pontus
, rather than in Pontus could be meant.
Dionysiopolis was important enough in the Late
suffragan of its Metropolitan Archbishopric Hierapolis in Phrygia
, but was to fade. No longer a residential bishopric it is a titular see.
Its site is tentatively located near modern Bekilli, Turkey.[4][5]
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in the 20th century as a
titular bishopric
.
- Titular Bishop Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez (1921.12.09 – 1922.01.29)
- Titular Bishop Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, Jesuits (S.J.) (1923.05.25 – 1941.08.23)
- Titular Bishop Joseph Evrard (1942.07.25 – 1970.12.10)
- Titular Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (1971.05.08 – 1983.01.28), as papal diplomat: Roman Catholic Diocese of Monaco(Monaco) (1962.06.09 – 1971.05.08)
References
- ^ Cicero, ad Q. Fr. 1.2
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
- ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Διονύσου πόλις.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dionysopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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