Lappa or Lampa was an
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
,
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
Gortyn
Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna ( el, Γόρτυν, , or , ) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. Gortyn ...
, based on the ancient town of
Lappa, now the site of the village of
Argyroupoli
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.
Le Quien (Oriens Christianus, II, 268) mentions the following bishops:
* Petrus, who attended the
First Council of Ephesus
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, 431;
* Deneltius, at the
Council of Chalcedon, 451;
* Prosdocius, in 458;
* John, who appealed to Rome against his metropolitan Paul, and attended the
Council of Constantinople, 667;
* Epiphanius at the
Second Council of Nicaea, 787.
The episcopal see is mentioned in the ''
Notitiae episcopatuum'' as late as the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
It was re-established by the
Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church may refer to:
* Eastern Orthodox Church
* Oriental Orthodox Churches
* Orthodox Presbyterian Church
* Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
* State church of the Roman Empire
* True Orthodox church
See also
* Orthodox (dis ...
about the end of the nineteenth century; the bishop resides in the monastery of
Preveli
Preveli (Greek Πρέβελη) is a location on the south coast of the Greek island of Crete, in the Rethymno regional unit, notable for its monastery.
Preveli Monastery
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.
It is also a
titular see of the
Catholic Church under the name Lappa
[''The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church'', ''s.v.']
Lappa
/ref> and previously under the name Lampa.
References
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Catholic titular sees in Europe