Helenopolis (Lydia)

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Helenopolis was a possibly a town and episcopal see in ancient Lydia, reported by the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910), [1] but refuted by William Mitchell Ramsay in his The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (1890) where he claims that Le Quien "invented" the place by misreading the Greek records. [2]

Ecclesiastical history

The episcopal see of Helenopolis was a suffragan of the See of Sardis in Lydia.

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References

  1. Sophrone Pétridès "Helenopolis", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Retrieved February 21, 2010 New Advent
  2. William Mitchell Ramsay (1890). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. 4. Royal Geographical Society. p. 122.