Tiberiopolis

Tiberiopolis

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Coordinates	37°54′N 31°55′E / 37.900°N 31.917°E / 37.900; 31.917

Tiberiopolis (sometimes in sources, Tiberiapolis, and Pappa-Tiberiopolis)^[1][2] was a town in the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana, mentioned by Ptolemy,^[3] Socrates of Constantinople^[4] and Hierocles.^[5]

It struck its own coins at least from the time of Trajan.

Roman Sarcophagus (2nd C AD)

It was situated at the modern village of Yunuslar, Beyşehir district, in Konya Province, Turkey.^[2] At Tiberiopolis the famous Roman sarcophagus showing the Twelve Labours of Hercules now displayed at the Konya Archaeological Museum was recovered.^[2]

It must have been Christianised at an early date. Nicephorus, a presbyter at Tiberiopolis was martyred in 361 or 362, and later cannonised.^[6] His feast is celebrated on 28 November.^[6]

Bishopric

The bishopric of Tiberiopolis appears in the oldest Greek Notitiae episcopatuum among the suffragans of Laodicea in Phrygia, capital and metropolitan see of the late Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana, but in the 8th century it was attached to Hierapolis in Phrygia, capital and metropolitan see of Phrygia Pacatiana Secunda, and as such appears in the Notitiae episcopatuum of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople until the 13th century, when the area was overrun by the Seljuk Turks.

Bishops

Le Quien^[7] mentions five of its bishops known by their presence at councils:

• Eustathius at a synod in Constantinople (536);
• Silas at the Second Council of Constantinople (553);
• Anastasius at the Quinisext Council (692);
• Michael at the Second Council of Nicaea (787);
• Theoctistus at the Fourth Council of Constantinople (879).

Roman Catholic titular see

Tiberiopolis remains a titular see in the Roman Catholic Church.^[8] Titular bishops have been:^[8]

• Thomas Williams, O.P. (1725–1740), Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District
• John MacDonald (1761–1779), Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District
• Istvan Gosztonyi (1815–1817)
• Pablo García Abella, C.O. (1827–1833), Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
• Gabriele Maria de Marchis (1834–1858)
• Michael Flannery (1858–1859), Bishop of Killaloe
• Pedro José Tordoya Montoya (1860–1875). Bishop of Cusco
• Eusebio Marie Semprini, O.F.M. (1876–1893)
• Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1893–1898), Archbishop of Buenos Aires
• Antonio Scotti (1898–1919)
• Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. (1922–1963)
• Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera (1963–1964), Archbishop of Camagüey

Notes

1. ↑ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 65.
2. 1 2 3
3. ↑ V, 2, 25.
4. ↑ Hist. eccl., VII, 46.
5. ↑ Synecdemus, 668, 9.
6. 1 2 "St. Nicephorus, Presbyter, at Tiberiopolis - Catholic Online". www.catholic.org. Retrieved 2016-08-14. 
7. ↑ Oriens christianus, I, 797.
8. 1 2 Catholic Hierarchy

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Tiberiopolis". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.  The entry cites:
  • William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, s.v.;
  • William Mitchell Ramsay, Asia Minor (London, 1890), 147, 458.