Euroea or Euroia ( grc, Εὔροια; also transcribed as Eurœa) was a city in

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, in western

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, during

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. It was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic invasions. During the 4th–8th centuries, it was a

bishopric In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

. Since the 18th century, it has also been a

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...

of the

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. Its site is located near the modern village of

Glyki Glyki ( el, Γλυκή) or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece. History The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic attacks. The m ...

History

St. Donatus, bishop of Euroea, lived under

Theodosius I Theodosius I ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. During his reign, he succeeded in a crucial war against the Goths, as well as in two ...

() and performed miracles, including providing a local settlement with abundant watersources (likely connected to the name "Euroea", "well-flowing"). A church dedicated to St. Donatus was erected, probably on the site of an ancient pagan temple (''Omphalion''). The town belonged to the

Roman province The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...

Epirus vetus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinric ...

. Bishops of Euroea are attested at councils in the 5th and 6th centuries, and the city is mentioned by Hierocles. According to

Procopius Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman gen ...

, Emperor

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renova ...

() resettled the inhabitants of Euroea to an islet in a neighbouring lake and built there a strong city, commonly thought to be on the site of Ioannina. As a result of the Slavic invasions, in 603 the Bishop of Euroea and the inhabitants, taking the relics of St. Donatus with them, fled to

Kassiopi Kassiopi ( el, Κασσιόπη) is a fishing village on the affluent northeast coast of Corfu, Greece. It is in the municipal unit of Kassopaia. Historically a small traditional fishing village, its surroundings have largely been developed with ...

on Corfu. The original site of Euroea is unclear:

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identified it with modern Paramythia, others with the nearby ancient settlement of

Photice Photice or Photike ( grc, Φωτική) was a city in Epirus in the Roman and Byzantine periods. In the late Middle Ages it was known as Hagios Donatos (Ἅγιος Δονᾶτος). History The city was likely settled since Classical Antiquity, bu ...

. It is now tentatively located near the village of

Glyky Glyki ( el, Γλυκή) or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece. History The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic attacks. The m ...

Bishopric

The first (and only) mention of the bishopric in one of the ''

Notitiae Episcopatuum The ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' (singular: ''Notitia Episcopatuum'') are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church. In the Roman Church (the -mostly Lat ...

'' is in the so-called "iconoclast ''notitia''" (compiled some time after 787), where it is listed (as Εὐρόσου) as the second among the suffragans of the

Metropolis of Nicopolis Nicopolis ( grc-gre, Νικόπολις, Nikópolis, City of Victory) or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. It was located in the western part of the modern state of Greece. The city was founded in 29 ...

. The known bishops are: * St. Donatus, under

() * Mark, participant in the

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in 449 and the

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in 451 * Eugenius, signatory of a letter by the synod of Epirus vetus on the Council of Chalcedon and the murder of

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to Emperor

Leo I the Thracian Leo I (; 401 – 18 January 474), also known as "the Thracian" ( la, Thrax; grc-gre, ο Θραξ),; grc-gre, Μακέλλης), referencing the murder of Aspar and his son. was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. He was a native of Dacia ...

* Theodotus, attended the 536 council under Patriarch Menas of Constantinople * John I, mentioned by Procopius * John II, mentioned in a letter by Pope

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; he presided over the flight of the Euroeans to Corfu

Catholic titular see

The

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has established "Eurœa" (since 1933: "Eurœa in Epiro") as a

. Its incumbents are: * Bishop Jean de Brunet de Pujols de Castelpers de Panat (1739.09.30 – ?) * Bishop Joachin Salvetti (艾若亞敬), O.F.M. (1815.02.21 – 1843.09.21) * Bishop Gabriel Grioglio, O.F.M. (1844.03.02 – 1891.01.09) * Bishop Salvatore di Pietro, S.J. (1893.01.03 – 1898.08.23) * Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (1910.08.12 – 1921.12.11) * Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. (later Archbishop) (1924.01.18 – 1928.10.19) * Bishop Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti (1929.01.25 – 1934.09.13) * Blessed Bishop Florentino Asensio Barroso (1935.11.11 – 1936.08.09) * Bishop Alfredo Del Tomba (1937.07.10 – 1944.08.10) * Bishop Ezio Barbieri (1945.07.21 – 1949.08.02) * Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華) (1950.04.17 – 1954.01.29) * Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. (1954.09.30 – 1958.09.13) * Bishop Alfonso Niehues (later Archbishop) (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03)

References

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