Zenopolis, Isauria

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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]

The Catholic Church's list of titular sees continues to include the see as Zenopolis in Isauria.[7]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. William Mitchell Ramsay, Asia Minor, 365
  4. 4.0 4.1 Siméon Vailhé, "Zenonopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
  5. Echos d'Orient, X., 145, cited by Siméon Vailhé
  6. Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus (Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1033-1034
  7. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1012