Dausara is a former residential
episcopal see
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in the Roman province of
Osrhoene
Osroene or Osrhoene (; grc-gre, Ὀσροηνή) was an ancient region and state in Upper Mesopotamia. The ''Kingdom of Osroene'', also known as the "Kingdom of Edessa" ( syc, ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ / "Kingdom of Urhay"), according to ...
, a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of Edessa. It is now a
titular see
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of the
Catholic Church
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.
[''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 880]
Location
Stephanus Byzantius
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
mentions Dansara as a town near
Edessa
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroene ...
(Orfa), and
Procopius says it was one of the castles around
Theodosiopolis, which were fortified by Justinian.
[Sophrone Pétridès, "Dansara" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1908)]
/ref> Its site is supposed to be at Qal'at Dja'bar (Qal'at Dusar).[
]
History
The see appears in the '' Notitia episcopatuum'' of the Patriarch of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...
. Its bishop Nonnus was present at the Second Council of Constantinople
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in 553. The see must have disappeared in connection with the Muslim conquests.[
]
Name of the titular see
The Holy See uses the spelling "Dausara", as it did already for the appointment in 1783 of Daniel Delany (who was to become Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Dublin. The episcopal title takes its name from the towns of Kildare and Old Leighlin ...
in 1787) as the first titular bishop. From 1844 until the early 20th century it used the spelling "Dansara".Dansara (Titular See)
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References
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Catholic titular sees in Asia