Ierissos
Ierissos
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Ierissos (
Since the 2011 local government reform Ierissos has been the seat of the municipality of Aristotelis, and of the municipal unit of Stagira-Akanthos.[2]
Names
The name of Ierissos is derived from the Latin Ericius, a translation of Akanthos, the name of the ancient city (also Latinized as Acanthus) located on a ridge bordering the southeast side of the town, 0.6 km (2,000 ft) from it.
History
In the summer of 1425, Ierissos came into the hands of the
In 1932 the village was destroyed by a powerful earthquake, with 121 people killed and approximately 500 injured. After the earthquake the new Ierissos was built in its current position, a little north west of the ancient city.[3]
Ecclesiastical history
The bishopric was a
Its only historically documented bishop was Elia, flourishing in 1054, known from a seal.[4]
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1927 as Latin Catholic
It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank:
- Giuseppe Antonio Caruso (1928.07.06 – death 1930.01.03) as emeritate; previously Bishop of Oppido Mamertina(Italy) (1927.08.26 – 1928.07.06)
- Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, Chile(Chile) (1942.06.20 – retired 1959.12.21) and on emeritate.
See also
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ Pavlides, S. B.; Tranos,M. D.: Structural characteristics of two strong earthquakes in the North Aegean: Ierissos (1932) and Agios Efstratios (1968). Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 205 to 214, 1991.
- ^ Vitalien Laurent, Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire Byzantin, vol. V/1, Paris 1963, nº 471.
Bibliography
- Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, vol; II, coll. 99-102
- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 5, p. 66; vol. 6, p. 62; vol. 7, p. 56; vol. 8, p. 71