Rhodiopolis

Rhodiopolis (Rhodiapolis) 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 the Elder (V, 28), who locates it in the mountains to the north of Corydalla.

Its history is unknown. Its ruins are near modern Kumluca.^[1] 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.

Notes

1. ^ Rhodiapolis/Rhodia — Pleiades Beta Portal

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "Rhodiopolis". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.  The entry cites:
  • Le Quien, Oriens christianus, I, 991;
  • SPRATT AND FORBES, Travels in Lycia, I, 166, 181;
  • SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman geogr., s. v.