Faustinopolis
Faustinopolis or Phaustinoupolis (Ancient Greek: Φαυστινόπολις), also Colonia Faustinopolis and Halala, was an ancient city in the south of Cappadocia, about 20 km south of Tyana. It was named after the empress Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, who died in a village there. Her husband, by establishing a colony in it, raised it to the rank of a town under the name of Faustinopolis.[1] Hierocles assigns the place to Cappadocia Secunda,[2] and it is also mentioned in the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries. The town was close to the defiles of the Cilician Gates, and was likely situated at modern-day Başmakçı, Niğde Province, Turkey.[3] Following the Muslim conquests and the subsequent Arab raids, the site was abandoned for the nearby fortress of Loulon.
Faustinopolis was a suffragan see of the Metropolis of Tyana, together with Cybistra and Sasima.[4]
Faustinopolis is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation Historia Augusta, "M. Ant. Philos." 26.
- Back to citation Hierocles, p. 700.
- Back to citation Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Faustinopolis". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
- Back to citation Pseudo-Epiphanius, Notitia Episcopatuum, 4.12
- Back to citation Catholic Hierarchy