Zenopolis, Isauria
Zenopolis (Greek: Ζηνούπολις) was an ancient Roman and Byzantine city in Isauria.
History
This city was the birthplace of Emperor Zeno (474–491), and was renamed in his honour.[1] Its previous name was Rusumblada, according to Ramsay, but the author of the entry on Rusumblada in Paulys Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft considers this uncertain.[2] Its modern name is Isnebol.[3] George of Cyprus mentioned it in the 7th century, as did Constantine Porphyrogenitus in the 10th century, as a city of the Isaurian Decapolis.[4]
Bishopric
The city is recorded as a bishopric in the 6th-century Notitia Episcopatuum of the Patriarchate of Antioch,[5] but in about 732 Isauria was attached to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[4]
Le Quien mentions two bishops:[6]
- Eulalius (Εὐλάλιος ἐπίσκοπος Ζενοπόλεως Ἰσαυρίας), at the Third Council of Constantinople (681)
- Marcus, at the Second Council of Nicaea (787)
The Catholic Church's list of titular sees continues to include the see as Zenopolis in Isauria.[7]
References
- ↑ Stephen Mitchell, A history of the later Roman Empire, AD 284–641: the transformation of the ancient world, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007, ISBN 1-4051-0856-8, p. 114.
- ↑ August Friedrich von Pauly, Georg Wissowa, Wilhelm Kroll, Kurt Witte (editors), Paulys Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (J. B. Metzler, 1914), 2. Reihe, p. 1238
- ↑ William Mitchell Ramsay, Asia Minor, 365
- 1 2 Siméon Vailhé, "Zenonopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- ↑ Echos d'Orient, X., 145, cited by Siméon Vailhé
- ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus (Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1033-1034
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1012