Isauropolis

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Location of Isauria in Asia Minor

Isauropolis (

Ancient Greek: Ἰσαυρόπολις)[1] was a Roman and Byzantine-era town in southern Turkey.[2]

Possibly also known as

Isaura Vetus, the city was in the Anatolian countryside of what was Lycaonia in today's southern Turkey and may have been the chief town of Isauria (Ἰσαυρία) district.[3] The town was mentioned by Sozomen,[4] Ptolemy,[5] and Heirocles.[6]
About 450 Maximinus entered the town in his war with Zeno.[7] Its location is not known, but suggestions include
Isaura Nova
with which it was joined.

Bishopric

The city was also the site of an ancient

bishopric[8] which dates from the early Christian
era. Bishops from here attended both
Roman Catholic Church.[11]

Known bishops

Ancient bishopric

Titular see

  • Bernard Gozdzki Auxiliary Bishop in Poznań (Poland-Lithuania) July 6, 1722 – March 16, 1725.
  • Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque September 26, 1725 – August 3, 1729
  • Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes (France) September 15, 1788 – December 22, 1790
  • Michele Di Pietro (February 21, 1794 – August 9, 1802)
  • Jean-Louis Taberd MEP Vicar Apostolic of Cochin (Vietnam) September 18, 1827 – July 31, 1840[13][14]
  • Dominique Lefebvre (Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin) (Vietnam) December 10, 1839 – April 30, 1865.
  • Tomás Badía January 19, 1842 – September 10, 1844
  • Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry Apostolic Vicar of Ningyüan (Republic of China) March 18, 1927 – April 11, 1946.
  • Jean-Baptiste Urrutia MEP Apostolic Vicar of Hue (Vietnam) February 21, 1948 – November 24, 1960.
  • Philip Francis Pocock (February 18, 1961 – March 30, 1971)[15]

References

  1. ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 675.
  2. ^ Rogers, Clifford (June 2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 1. Oxford University Press. p. 42.
  3. ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (2010) p395.
  4. ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010)p18.
  5. ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010)31.
  6. ^ Hierocles's "Synecdemus".
  7. ^ Priscus Embassi to Attila.
  8. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christian, I, 1085.
  9. ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (2010) p429.
  10. ^ Isauropolis at GCatholic.org.
  11. ^ Annuario pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 p819.)
  12. ^ C.H. Turner, ECCLESIAE OCCIDENTALIS MONUMENTA IURIS ANTIQUISSIMA (Oxford, 1899–1939).
  13. ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 11, Part 2.
  14. Sydney Gazette
    Tuesday 23 March 1841 p3.
  15. ^ David M. Cheney,Isauroplis at catholic-hierarchy.org. (2016).
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