Nicopolis (Armenia)

Coordinates: 40°18′N 37°50′E / 40.300°N 37.833°E / 40.300; 37.833
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Nicopolis (Armenia)
Nicopolis (Armenia) is located in Turkey
Nicopolis (Armenia)
Shown within Turkey
LocationTurkey
RegionSivas Province
Coordinates40°18′N 37°50′E / 40.300°N 37.833°E / 40.300; 37.833

Nicopolis (

Armenia Prima. Today, the city of Koyulhisar in northeastern Turkey
occupies the site.

History

The city was founded by

Sebasteia, etc., radiated from Nicopolis which, even in the time of Strabo,[2]
boasted quite a large population.

Given to

Augusti
, it raised temples to Zeus Nicephorus and to Victory.

Christianity reached Nicopolis at an early date and, under

SS Januarius and Pelagia were said to have been martyred in the town.[5]

In 499, Nicopolis was destroyed by the 499 Nicopolis earthquake, with none save the bishop and his two secretaries escaping death.[6] This disaster was irreparable, and although Justinian I rebuilt the walls and erected a monastery in memory of the Forty-Five Martyrs,[7] Nicopolis never regained its former splendour and was superseded by Koloneia.

Under

Notitiae episcopatuum. In the 9th–11th centuries, it belonged to the theme of Koloneia
.

Under the Ottomans, the site of ancient Nicopolis was occupied by the Armenian village of Purkh, near the city of Enderes, in the

vilayet of Sivas
.

Bishops

Notable among the eight bishops mentioned by Le Quien is St. Gregory who, in the 11th century, resigned his bishopric and retired to Pithiviers in France. The Catholic Church venerates him on 14 March. The Catholic Church lists the bishopric as the titular see of Nicopolis in Armenia.[9]

References

  • OCLC 955922585
    .
  • Acta Sanctorum, July, III, 34-45
  • Cumont, Studica Pontica (Brussels, 1906), 304-14

Notes

  1. ^ Appian, Mithridatic War, 115.
  2. ^ Geographica, XII, iii, 28.
  3. ^ Patrologia Graeca, XXXII, 896.
  4. ^ P. G., XXXII, 834.
  5. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, "Pelagia".
  6. ^ Bull. Acad. de Belgique, 1905, 557.
  7. ^ Procopius, "De Ædificiis", III, 4.
  8. ^ Sebeos, Histoire d'Heraclius, tr. Macler, p. 62.
  9. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 946
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