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Palaeopolis (in Asia) was a city in ancient Lydia that was included in the late Roman province of Asia Prima. Its bishopric was thus a suffragan of Ephesus, the metropolitan see of that province.
Its site is now near the Turkish town of Beydağ. [1] Under the Ottoman Empire, it was in the vilayet (province) of İzmir.
The secular history of this city is unknown. In the 6th century AD it is mentioned by Hierocles (Synecdemus 660, 4). It is found in the Notitiae Episcopatuum as late as the 13th century, among the suffragan sees of Ephesus. Le Quien (Oriens christianusI:729) mentions seven bishops of this city known by their presence at councils: Rhodon at Ephesus, 431; Basilicus at Chalcedon, 451; Eusebius at Constantinople, 536; George at Constantinople, 692; Gregory at Nicaea, 787; Peter at Constantinople, 869; Julian at Constantinople, 879.
No longer a residential see, the bishopric is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees [2] since its nominal restoration in the 18th century as Paleopolis, renamed Palaeopolis in 1925, and finally in 1933 renamed Palæopolis in Asia, evoiding confusion with its Pamphylian namesake.
It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
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Coordinates: 38°05′07″N28°13′01″E / 38.085201°N 28.2170655°E
