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Abonoteichos ( grc, Ἀβώνου τεῖχος ''Abṓnou teîchos'', demonym: ''Abōnoteichítēs''), later Ionopolis (Ιωνόπολις ''Ionópolis''; tr,

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), was an ancient city in

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

, on the site of modern

(in Asian Turkey), and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

History

Abonoteichos was a town on the coast of

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus t ...

, memorable as the birthplace of the infamous fortuneteller Alexander Abonoteichites, founder of the cult of

Glycon Glycon ( grc, Γλύκων ''Glýkōn'', : ''Glýkōnos''), also spelled Glykon, was an ancient snake god. He had a large and influential cult within the Roman Empire in the 2nd century, with contemporary satirist Lucian providing the primary ...

, of whom Lucian has left us an amusing account in the treatise bearing his name. According to Lucian, Alexander petitioned the Roman emperor (probably

Antoninus Pius Antoninus Pius ( Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatori ...

) that the name of his native place should be changed from Abonoteichos to Ionopolis; and whether the emperor granted the request or not, we know that the town was called Ionopolis in later times. Not only does this name occur in

Marcian of Heraclea Marcian of Heraclea ( grc-gre, Μαρκιανὸς Ἡρακλεώτης, ''Markianòs Hērakleṓtēs''; la, Marcianus Heracleënsis; fl. century AD) was a minor Greek geographer from Heraclea Pontica in Late Antiquity. His known works are: * ...

and Hierocles, but on coins of the time of Antoninus and Lucius Verus we find the legend Ionopoliton (, ''Ionopoliton''), as well as Abonoteichiton (, ''Avonotichiton''). The modern Turkish name

is evidently a corruption of Ionopolis. It was the site of a 2nd-century AD temple of

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...

Ecclesiastical history of Ionopolis

It was important enough in the

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to become a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan of its capital Gangra, but faded later. Michel LeQuien mentions eight bishops between 325 and 878 and Ionopolis is mentioned in the later “

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.” * Petronius of Ionopolis was at the Council of Nicaea *Rhenus, at the

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*Diogenes of Ionopolis, at Council of Ephesus * ''.....ios'', bishop of Ionopolis. (known only from a 10th century

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) * Niketas, bishop of Ionopolis and chartoularios of the Great Orphanotropheion. 11th century *John, bishop of Ionopolis 11th century

Catholic titular see

The

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was nominally revived as a

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under the name Ionopolis, which was spelled Jonopolis in the Roman Curia (besides Italian ''Gionopoli'') from 1929 to 1971. It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks : * Titular Bishop Wilhelm Hermann Ignaz Ferdinand von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht (1720.09.16 – 1722.10.28) * Titular Bishop Joannes Karski (1771.07.29 – 1785) * Titular Bishop

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John Murphy (1815.02.21 – 1815.02.21) * Titular Bishop Bishop-elect Ferdinand Corbi (1833.09.30 – ?) * Titular Bishop Wincenty Lipski (1856.09.18 – 1875.12.13)Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 323. * Titular Archbishop James Gibbons (1877.05.29 – 1877.10.03), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1868.03.03 – 1872.07.30) &

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(USA) (1868.03.03 – 1877.05.20), also Bishop of

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(USA) (1872.07.30 – 1877.05.29); later

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(USA) (1877.05.29 – 1877.10.03), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (1877.10.03 – 1921.03.24),

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(1887.03.17 – 1921.03.24), becoming Protopriest of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1920.12.07 – 1921.03.24) * Titular Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray (1879.09.30 – 1883.12.28) * Titular Bishop Giacomo Daddi (1884.03.24 – 1897?) * Titular Bishop Andrea Cassato (1898.03.24 – 1913.05.01) * Titular Bishop Henri Doulcet,

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(C.P.) (1913.06.03 – 1914.03.17); previously Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1895.01.07 – 1913.03.31); later Titular Archbishop of Dioclea (1914.03.17 – 1916.07.27) * Titular Bishop Joseph John Fox (1914.11.07 – 1915.03.14) * Titular Bishop Nicolás Gonzalez Pérez,

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(C.M.F.) (1918.08.24 – 1935.03.23) * Titular Bishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Le Fer de la Motte (1935.07.08 – 1936.07.20) * Titular Bishop Johann Baptist Dietz (1936.07.25 – 1939.04.10), Coadjutor Bishop of Fulda (Germany) (1936.07.25 – 1939.04.10), succeeding as Bishop of Fulda (1939.04.10 – 1958.10.24), later Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1958.10.24 – 1959.12.10) * Titular Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin (1939.06.10 – 1948.07.10) * Titular Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen,

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(S.M.A.) (1951.11.15 – 1966.08.12)

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