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Diocese Of Antinoe
The Archdiocese of Antinoe is titular see, titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Egypt. It was part of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the bishopric was based on Antinoë in the Nile Valley. It was also known as Antinoöpolis. History Antinoe (modern Sheykh Abade), was a town in the Roman Empire, Roman province of Thebaid I. The town had a high number of martyrs during the Diocletianic Persecution indicating a early Christian, Christian community in the late 3rd century and early 4th century. The diocese was originally established in the 4th century as a suffragan of the Ptolemais Hermiou, Archdiocese of Ptolemais but was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see in the 5th century. According to the Commanville, Antinoe eventually had eight Suffragan diocese, suffragan dioceses of its own: Hermopolis, Cuse, Lycopolis, Ipseli, Lesser Apollonopoli, Anteopoli (Antaeus), Panopolis and Erzurum. The archdiocese disappeared with the Arab conquest of Egypt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipseli
Hypselis or Hypsela ( grc, Ύψηλή; cop, ϣⲱⲧⲡ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman Empire, Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate. History Antiquity ''Shashotep'' is first mentioned in texts dating back to the First Intermediate Period. During the subsequent Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Middle Kingdom it was the main town of the Nome_(Egypt)#Upper_Egypt_nomes, 11th Upper Egyptian nome. The main deity of ancient Shashotep was Khnum, who was sometimes called "Lord of Shashotep". The cemeteries near the modern place Rifeh, once belonged to the town. Later, the city became known by the Greeks as ''Hypselis''. Titular see During Egypt (Roman province), Roman time, and before fading into the desert, the city became one of the suffragan sees of the Diocese_of_Antinoe, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antinoë, capital of the province of Thebais Prima. The diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |