Hierocaesarea or Hierokaisareia, from the Greek for 'sacred' and the Latin for 'Caesar's', also known as Hieracome or Hierakome, was a town and bishopric in the late Roman province of Lydia, the metropolitan see of which was Sardis. It was inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1]

History

This town is mentioned by Ptolemy.[2] Judging from its coins, it worshipped the goddess Artemis Persica.

Its site is located between Sazoba and Kumkuyucak in Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]

Bishopric

It is mentioned as an episcopal see in all the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the 12th or 13th century,[4] but only three of its bishops are known:

The see remains a (vacant) titular see in the Roman Catholic Church, with nominal bishops appointed.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 6.2.16.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843)p105.
  5. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 p95 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p95.
  6. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus p891.
  7. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Hierocæsarea at GCatholic.org.
  8. ^ John Bede POLDING.

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Hierocæsarea". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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