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Maximopolis is a suppressed Catholic titular see. The original diocese was in Arabia, a suffragan of Bostra.
The true name of the city is Maximianopolis, and so it appears in the Notitia episcopatuum of the Patriarch Anastasius in the sixth century.[1] Pursuant to a decree of the Propaganda (1885), the title is now suppressed; Torquato Amellini having confounded this town with Maximianopolis in Palestina Secunda.[2]
The name which preceded that of Maximianopolis is not known, and we are equally ignorant of its actual identification, though many authorities place it at Sheikh-Miskin, a locality in the Hauran, famous for the extent and beauty of its ruins, where an inscription has been found bearing the name of Bishop Thoma.[3]
Bishops
Its last titular was consecrated in 1876. Two ancient bishops of this see are known:
- Severus, a signatory of the Council of Chalcedon in 451;[4]
- Peter, known by an inscription.[5]
Notes
- ^ Vailhé (1911) Cites: "Echos d'Orient", X, Paris, 1907, 145.
- ^ Vailhé (1911) Cites: "Catalogo dei vescovati titolari", Rome, 1884, appendix 8.
- ^ Vailhé (1911) Cites: "Bulletin de corresp. hellenique," Paris, 1897, 52.
- ^ Vailhé (1911) Cites: Mansi, "Coll. Conc.", VII, 168.
- ^ Vailhé (1911) Cites: Waddington, "Inscriptions grecques et latines de Grece et l'Asie-Mineure", no. 2361.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Vailhé,, Siméon (1911). "Maximopolis". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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