Zagylis

The 'Diocese of Zagylis is the titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church,[1] established in 1933 by Pope Pius XI, named after the ancient city of Zagylis in present-day Libya.[2]

Map of the Diocese of Egypt in antiquity

This city was in the Roman province of Libya Inferior.[3] Since the foundation, the diocese had no titular bishop.[4]

The diocese re-establishes an ancient bishopric that flourished in the Roman Empire.[5] Three bishops from antiquity are known.[6]

  1. Filocalo (fl.449)
  2. Massimo (fl.457)
  3. Giovanni (fl.480 circa)

References
  1. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  2. GCatholic
  3. Zagylis at Catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. Zagylis at www.gcatholic.org
  5. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 462.
  6. Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris, 1740), vol.II, coll. 635-636
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