Trapezopolis (Ancient Greek: Τραπεζόπολις) or Trapezoupolis (Τραπεζούπολις) was a city of ancient Caria, and later in the late Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana Prima.
History[edit]
At an earlier stage, Trapezopolis was part of Caria, as reported by Ptolemy[1] and Pliny the Elder, but by the time of Socrates of Constantinople, Hierocles and the various Notitiae Episcopatuum it belonged to Phrygia Pacatiana.[2]
Its site is located near Boli in Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]
Episcopal seat[edit]
The bishopric of Trapezopolis was a suffragan of Laodicea, the capital and metropolitan seat of the province of Phrygia Pacatiana Prima. It is mentioned as a residential see until the 13th century and is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular seats.[5]
Le Quien names six bishops of Trapezopolis:[6]
- Hierophilius, prior to 400;
- Asclepiades, present at the Council of Ephesus (431);
- John, at the Council of Chalcedon (451);
- Eugenius, at the Trullan Council (692);
- Zacharias, at Second Council of Nicaea (787);
- Leo, at the Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic) (879).
References[edit]
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 2.2.18.
- ^ Sophrone Pétridès, "Trapezopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 995
- ^ Le Quien, Michel (1740). Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus primus: tres magnas complectens diœceses Ponti, Asiæ & Thraciæ, Patriarchatui Constantinopolitano subjectas (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 809-810. OCLC 955922585.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Trapezopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.