Augustopolis in Palaestina

Augustopolis in Palaestina was a city in the Roman province of Palaestina Tertia, whose capital was Petra. It corresponds to the site of Adhruh in modern-day Jordan.

Description

It was also a Christian bishopric. There are documentary records of two of its bishops. One named John took part in the Council of Ephesus of 431. Another of the same name was a signatory of the acts of the council called by Patriarch Peter of Jerusalem in 536 against Patriarch Anthimus I of Alexandria, a council attended by bishops of Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Tertia.[1][2]

No longer a residential bishopric, Augustopolis in Palaestina is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[3]

References
  1. Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol III, coll. 727-728
  2. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 454
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 842
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