Casium
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Casium is an Catholic titular see
. The original see was in Lower Egypt
, not far from Pelusium
, and near the sandhills known by Greek geographers as Kasion Oros, to-day El-Katieh, or El-Kas.
There was at Casium a temple of Zeus Kasios, the Aramean god Qasiou, and Pompey
, who had been murdered near the place, was buried there.
's Synecdemos (727, 2), and Parthey's Notitia Prima, about 840, as a bishopric depending on Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima
.
Only one bishop is known, Lampetius, present at Ephesus
in 431. He was sent by St. Cyril
, with Hermogenes, Bishop of Rhinocorua, to Rome, where both were present at the consecration of Pope Sixtus III
. Many letters of Isidore of Pelusium
are addressed to him.
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The original see was in Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt is the northern-most section of Egypt. It refers to the fertile Nile Delta region, which stretches from the area between El-Aiyat and Zawyet Dahshur, south of modern-day Cairo, and the Mediterranean Sea....
, not far from Pelusium
Pelusium
Pelusium was a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said. Alternative names include Sena and Per-Amun , Pelousion , Sin , Seyân , and Tell el-Farama...
, and near the sandhills known by Greek geographers as Kasion Oros, to-day El-Katieh, or El-Kas.
There was at Casium a temple of Zeus Kasios, the Aramean god Qasiou, and Pompey
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey or Pompey the Great , was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic...
, who had been murdered near the place, was buried there.
Bishops
The town is mentioned in Georgius Cyprius, HieroclesHierocles (author of Synecdemus)
Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each...
's Synecdemos (727, 2), and Parthey's Notitia Prima, about 840, as a bishopric depending on Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima
Augustamnica
Augustamnica or Avgoustamnikai was a Roman province of Egypt created during the 5th century and was part of the Diocese of Oriens first and then of the Diocese of Egypt, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 640s...
.
Only one bishop is known, Lampetius, present at Ephesus
Ephesus
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era...
in 431. He was sent by St. Cyril
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Saints Cyril and Methodius were two Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples of Bulgaria, Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they...
, with Hermogenes, Bishop of Rhinocorua, to Rome, where both were present at the consecration of Pope Sixtus III
Pope Sixtus III
Pope Saint Sixtus III was pope from 31 July 432 to 18 August 440.The name of Sixtus is often connected with a great building boom in Rome: Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill was dedicated during his pontificate and he built Santa Maria Maggiore, whose dedication to Mary the Mother of God reflected...
. Many letters of Isidore of Pelusium
Isidore of Pelusium
Isidore of Pelusium was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers....
are addressed to him.