Titiopolis

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Titiopolis or Titioupolis (Greek : Τιτιούπολις) was a town of ancient Cilicia and later in the Roman province of Isauria.

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Name and location

Some refer to the town by the name Titopolis, but a coin minted there in the time of Emperor Hadrian bears on the reverse the word ΤΙΤΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Of the inhabitants of Titiopolis). [1] [2] Other sources cited in the presentation about that coin to the Royal Numismatic Society give the same form. [1] These concern the names of bishops of Titiopolis (considered below) and also the information given by the Hieroclis Synecdemus , by George of Cyprus, and by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, according to which Titiopolis was one of the cities of the Isaurian Decapolis. [1] [3] The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World conjecture that the old Isaurian bishopric (and, now, titular see) of Cardabunta or Kardabounda may be identified with the town. [4]

The ruins of Titiopolis lie about 4 kilometres north-north-west of Anamur. [5]

Ecclesiastical History

Bishopric

Titiopolis was also the seat of an ancient Bishopric. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Le Quien mentions three bishops of Titiopolis: [10]

The see of Titiopolis is mentioned in the 6th century Notitia episcopatuum of Antioch and, after Isauria was annexed to the Patriarchate of Constantinople in about 732, in the Notitia episcopatuum of that church and in that of Leo the Wise in about 900 and that of Constantine Porphyrogenitus in about 940. [3]

The last mention of Titiopolis as a residential see is by William of Tyre in the late 12th century. He speaks of it as one of the 24 suffragan sees of Seleucia in Isauria. [1]

The see of Titiopolis is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. [12]

Titular Bishops

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Numismatic Chronicle, volume 1 (1839), pp. 213-217
  2. ↑ Image of the coin
  3. 1 2 Simén Vailhé, "Titopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. ↑ Titiopolis Antique City
  6. ↑ Handbook of the Geography and Statistics of the Church, Volume 1 (Bosworth & Harrison, 1859) p461.
  7. ↑ Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two Sermons and Two Letters on the Nature and Necessity of Absolution, Volume 1 (H.G. Bohn, 1845) p404.
  8. ↑ Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, 2 Volumes (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 10 Feb. 2006) 404.
  9. ↑ John D. Beetham The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.
  10. ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1023-1024
  11. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(university of Liverpool, 2005) p298.
  12. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), p. 992
  13. ↑ Karen Ascani, Gunver Skytte, Niccolo Stenone (1638-1686) Anatomista Geologo, Vescovo. Conf Proceedings Held 2000 Oct (L'erma di Bretschnedider, 2002)
  14. ↑ Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet, Nicolaus Steno: Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist (Springer Science & Business Media, 2012)

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