Naissus (see)
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Naissus in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea (today's Niš in Serbia) became an episcopal see at an early date and was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Sardica.
It is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[1]
Diocesan bishops
The names of several of its early bishops are known:[2][3][4]
- Cyriacus (first half of the 4th century)
- Gaudentius (before 343/344 to after 351)
- Bonosus (mentioned c. 380)
- Martianus (before 409 to after 414)
- Dalmatius (mentioned 451)
- Gaianus (mentioned 516)
- Proiectus (mentioned 553)
References
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 936
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig 1931), p. 417
- ↑ Daniele Farlati-Jacopo Coleti, Illyricum Sacrum, vol. VIII, Venezia 1817, pp. 24-40
- ↑ Jacques Zeiller, Les origines chrétiennes dans les provinces danubiennes de l'empire romain, Paris 1918, pp. 158–159