Juliopolis (titular see)
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Juliopolis is a Catholic titular see
in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea. Its history is unclear.
, who was a native of the region; previously it had been called Gordoucome or Gordiucome.
The location of the city is unknown, none of its titulars being known, neither does it figure in any Notitiae episcopatuum
, unless it may be considered identical with Gordoserboi, as Le Quien thinks.
This Juliopolis must not be confounded with another town of the same name situated in Galatia Prima, and which under the name of Gordion was formerly the capital of Phrygia. It was there, in the temple of Zeus, that Alexander cut the famous Gordian knot. Under its own name, or that of Basilaion, Juliopolis of Galatia is noticed in all the Notitiae episcopatuum, and Le Quien gives the names of a number of its bishops. Its ruins are about six miles S.S.E. of Nali-Khan, and about three miles north of the Sangarius
, in the plain of Aimanghir and the vilayet of Angora.
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"....
in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicaea. Its history is unclear.
History
The city was founded under the Emperor Augustus by a robber chieftain named CleonCleon of Gordiucome
Cleon of Gordiucome , or Cleon the Mysian, was a 1st century BC brigand-king in Asia Minor.Cleon made a reputation for himself with robbery and marauding warfare in and around Olmypus, long occupying the fortress called by ancient geographers Callydium or Calydnium...
, who was a native of the region; previously it had been called Gordoucome or Gordiucome.
The location of the city is unknown, none of its titulars being known, neither does it figure in any Notitiae episcopatuum
Notitiae Episcopatuum
The Notitiae Episcopatuum are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church....
, unless it may be considered identical with Gordoserboi, as Le Quien thinks.
This Juliopolis must not be confounded with another town of the same name situated in Galatia Prima, and which under the name of Gordion was formerly the capital of Phrygia. It was there, in the temple of Zeus, that Alexander cut the famous Gordian knot. Under its own name, or that of Basilaion, Juliopolis of Galatia is noticed in all the Notitiae episcopatuum, and Le Quien gives the names of a number of its bishops. Its ruins are about six miles S.S.E. of Nali-Khan, and about three miles north of the Sangarius
Sangarius
The genus Sangarius is in the shield bug family Acanthosomatidae....
, in the plain of Aimanghir and the vilayet of Angora.