Helenopolis ( el, Ἑλενόπολις) was a town and

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in the former Roman province of

Palaestina Secunda Palæstina Secunda or Palaestina II was a Byzantine province from 390, until its conquest by the Muslim armies in 634–636. Palaestina Secunda, a part of the Diocese of the East, roughly comprised the Galilee, Yizrael Valley, Bet Shean Valley a ...

, in the

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. It was named for the mother of Constantine the Great,

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. It is identified as either modern

Daburiyya Daburiyya ( ar, دبورية; he, דַבּוּרִיָּה), also ''Deburieh'' or ''Dabburieh'', is an Arab local council around east of Nazareth in Israel's Northern District. Daburriya gained local council status in 1961. Its jurisdiction ...

or with

Kfar Kama Kfar Kama ( he, כְּפַר כַּמָא, ar, كفر كما, ) is a Circassian town located in the Lower Galilee of Israel's northern district, located along road 767, that leads from Kfar Tavor to the Kinneret. It is one of the only two Cir ...

, both in Israel. As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in the ''

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'' among

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s of the

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. Its last

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was

John Francis Hackett John Francis Hackett (December 7, 1911 – May 30, 1990) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford from 1953 to 1986. Biography Hackett was born in New Haven, Connec ...

.Helenopolis in Palæstina
at GCatholic.com.

References

Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Archaeological sites in Israel Catholic titular sees in Asia Holy Land during Byzantine rule