Uranopolis

Uranopolis is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, that is, it is a diocese that exists in title only. It is the seat of a suffragan bishop. It cannot be found on any extant maps, as its name is an error, originally intended to be "Verinopolis", named in honour of Verina, mother-in-law of the Emperor Zeno. Le Quien ("Oriens christianus", I, 481) mentions three bishops:

*Stephen, present at the Trullan Council, 692
*Anthimus, at the second Council of Nice, 787
*Sisinnius, at the Councils of Constantinople, 869, 878.

The diocese was named in Ecthesis in 640, and then again in the work of Leo the Philosopher under the name of a nearby location, Stauros; it was also referred to by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in 940. Verinopolis has also been purported to be the Byzantine name of Evagina, a station described by Ptolemy under the altered name of Phubagina. Evagina-Verinopolis is currently in a ruined state.

References

*cite book
first = W. M.
last = Ramsay
authorlink = William Mitchell Ramsay
publisher = London
year = 1890
title = "Asia Minor"
*cite book
last = Müller, ed. Didot
year = 1890
title = "Notes on Ptolemy"