Hierocaesarea or Hierokaisareia, from the Greek for 'sacred' and the Latin for 'Caesar's', also known as Hieracome or Hierakome, was a town and bishopric in the late

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 ...

of Lydia, the

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of which was

Sardis Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...

. It was inhabited during

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, and

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times.

History

This town is mentioned by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

. Judging from its coins, it worshipped the goddess Artemis Persica. Its site is located between Sazoba and Kumkuyucak in Asiatic Turkey.

Bishopric

It is mentioned as an episcopal see in all the ''

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'' until the 12th or 13th century,. but we know only three of its bishops: *Cosinius, at the

Council of Chalcedon The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bi ...

, 451; *Zacharias, at the

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, 787; *Theodore, at the Council of Constantinople (879-880). The see remains a (vacant)

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in the

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, with nominal bishops appointed. *Bishop Ernesto de Paula (1960.01.09 – 1994.12.31) *Bishop Timothy Phelim O'Shea, O.F.M. Cap. (1950.05.24 – 1959.04.25) *Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. (1938.01.07 – 1950.02.09) *Bishop John Marie Laval (1911.09.11 – 1937.06.04) *Bishop Giuseppe Astuni (1903.01.21 – 1911.02.21) *Bishop Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. (1902.06.09 – 1902.06.18) *Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. (1884.01.15 – 1901.11.09) *Bishop Luigi Bienna (1845.04.24 – 1882.07.02) *Bishop

John Bede Polding John Bede Polding, OSB (18 November 1794 in 16 March 1877 ) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. Early life Polding was born in Liverpool, England on 18 November 1794. His father was of Dutch descent and his mothe ...

, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (1832.07.03 – 1842.04.05) John Bede POLDING
*Bishop-elect José Seguí, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop) (1829.07.27 – 1830.07.05) *Bishop Antonio Maria Trigona (later Archbishop) (1806.03.31 – 1817.07.28) *Bishop Gregory Stapleton (1800.11.07 – 1802.05.23) *Bishop Charles Berington (1786.06.02 – 1798.06.08) *Bishop Santiago Hernández, O.P. (1757.08.13 – 1777.02.06) *Bishop Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne (1720.03.04 – 1722.03.01)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hierocaesarea Populated places in ancient Lydia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Manisa Province Catholic titular sees in Asia Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Achaemenid Anatolia