- Irenopolis
Irenopolis is a Catholic
titular see ofIsauria ,suffragan ofSeleucia .Five of its bishops are known:
*John (325)
*Menodorus (451)
*Paul (458)
*George (692)
*Euschemon (878).The city is mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century and
George of Cyprus in the seventh. It figures in the "Notitia Episcopatuum " ofAnastasius, Patriarch of Antioch in the sixth century, and in the "Nova Tactica " of the tenth century, as attached to thePatriarchate of Constantinople .At this period the
Byzantine emperors had taken the province of Isauria from the Patriarchate of Antioch.W. M. Ramsay ["Asia Minor", London, 1890, p. 365.] , followingJohn Sterrett , identifies Irenopolis of Isauria withIrnebol , of which he does not indicate the exact situation.Coins found bearing the name Irenopolis belong rather to a city of the same name located in
Cilicia , the ancientNeronias , some of whose bishops are also known.References
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Le Quien , "Oriens Christianus", II, 897-900, 1029 sq.Notes
External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08131b.htm Source]
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