Justinianopolis in Armenia
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Former name of Erzincan, Turkey
Justinianopolis in Armenia also known as Iustinianopolis was a
Keltzene.[1]
The town was also known as
Bishopric
It is hard to tell when Acilisene became a
Le Quien mentions six bishops:[5]
- Ioannes, who in 459 signed the decree of Patriarch Gennadius I of Constantinople against the simoniacs.
- Georgius or Gregorius (both forms are found) was one of the Fathers of the Second Council of Constantinople (553),
appearing as "bishop of Justinianopolis".
- Theodorus was at the Third Council of Constantinople in 681, signing as "bishop of Justinianopolis or the region of Ecclenzine".
- Georgius was at the Council of Constantinople (879).
Until the 10th century, the diocese itself appears in none of the Seljuq Turks at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 when the Seljuqs invaded.[6] The diocese survived the Islamic invasion and was still extant when Marco Polo visited the town. After the 13th century there is no mention of diocesan bishops of Acilisene and the see no longer appears in Notitiae Episcopatuum.[7]
No longer a residential bishopric, Acilisene is today listed by the
Roman Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]
References
- ^ Cuinet, La Turquie d'Asie, I ( Paris , 1892), p210-216.
- ^ Strabo XI, iv, 8 XI, xii, 3, V, xi, 6
- ^ Procopius Bellum Persia., I, 17
- ^ Ptolemy V, xii, 6.
- OCLC 955922585.
- ^ Justinianopolis at Catholic encyclopedia.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris 1740), Vol. I, coll. 435-436
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 823