Rhodiopolis

Rhodiopolis is a Catholic titular see. The original diocese was a suffragan of Myra.

It is called Rhodia by Ptolemy (V, 3) and Stephanus Byzantius; Rhodiapolis on its coins and inscriptions; Rhodiopolis by Pliny (V, 28), who locates it in the mountains to the north of Corydalla.

Its history is unknown. Its ruins are near modern Kumluca. [ [http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/639078 Rhodiapolis/Rhodia — Pleiades Beta Portal ] ] They consist of the remains of an aqueduct, a small theatre, a temple of Escalapius, sarcophagi, and churches.

Bishops

Only one bishop is known, Nicholas, present in 518 at a Council of Constantinople. The "Notitiæ episcopatuum" continue to mention the see as late as the twelfth or thirteenth century.

References

*Le Quien, "Oriens christianus", I, 991;
*SPRATT AND FORBES, Travels in Lycia, I, 166, 181;
*SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman geogr., s. v.

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