Trapezopolis
Trapezopolis (Ancient Greek: Τραπεζόπολις) or Trapezoupolis (Τραπεζούπολις) was a city of ancient Caria, and later in the late Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana Prima.
History
At an earlier stage, Trapezopolis was part of Caria, as reported by Ptolemy[1] and Pliny the Elder, but by the time of Socrates of Constantinople, Hierocles and the various Notitiae Episcopatuum it belonged to Phrygia Pacatiana.[2]
Its site is located near Boli in Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]
Episcopal seat
The bishopric of Trapezopolis was a suffragan of Laodicea, the capital and metropolitan seat of the province of Phrygia Pacatiana Prima. It is mentioned as a residential see until the 13th century and is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular seats.[5]
Le Quien names six bishops of Trapezopolis:[6]
- Hierophilius, prior to 400;
- Asclepiades, present at the Council of Ephesus (431);
- John, at the Council of Chalcedon (451);
- Eugenius, at the Trullan Council (692);
- Zacharias, at Second Council of Nicaea (787);
- Leo, at the Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic) (879).
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Trapezopolis is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[7]
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea. Trapezopolis was a town of Caria according to Ptolemy (V, 2, 18) and Pliny (V, 109); according to Socrates (Hist. eccl., VII, xxxvi), Hierocles (Synecdeus, 665, 5), and the "Notitiae episcopatuum" it was a town of Phrygia Pacatiana and among the suffragans of Laodicea until the thirteenth century. Nothing is known of its history. Its coins testify to close intercourse with Attouda, now Assar, and its site must be sought near this town, most probably at Kadi Keui, capital of a nahie in the sandjak of Denizli and the vilayet of Smyrna. Le Quien (Oriens christ., I, 809) names six bishops of Trapezopolis: Hierophilius, prior to 400; Asclepiades, present at the Council of Ephesus (431); John, at Chalcedon (451); Eugenius, at Constantinople (692); Zacharias, at Nicaea (787); Leo, at Constantinople (879).
SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Rom. Geogr., s.v.; RAMSAY, Cities and Bishopries of Phrygia, 171 and passim; MULLER, notes on Ptolemy, ed. DIDOT, I, 822.
References
- Back to citation Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 2.2.18.
- Back to citation Sophrone Pétridès, "Trapezopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- Back to citation Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- Back to citation Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Back to citation Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 995
- Back to citation Le Quien, Michel (1740). Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus primus: tres magnas complectens diœceses Ponti, Asiæ & Thraciæ, Patriarchatui Constantinopolitano subjectas (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 809-810. OCLC 955922585.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1302343