Tiberiopolis ( grc, Τιβεριούπολις; sometimes in sources, Tiberiapolis, and Pappa-Tiberiopolis; formerly Pappa) was a town in the Roman province of

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, mentioned by Ptolemy, Socrates of Constantinople and Hierocles. At various times, it was considered as part of

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, and the late Roman province of Pisidia. It struck its own coins at least from the time of Trajan. Roman Sarcophagus (6526103787)

It was situated at the modern village of Yunuslar,

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district, in Konya Province, Turkey. At Tiberiopolis the famous Roman sarcophagus showing the

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now displayed at the

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was recovered. It must have been Christianised at an early date. Nicephorus, a presbyter at Tiberiopolis was martyred in 361 or 362, and later canonized. His feast is celebrated on

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Bishopric

Tiberiopolis

The bishopric of Tiberiopolis appears in the oldest Greek '' Notitiae episcopatuum'' among the

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s of

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, capital and metropolitan see of the late Roman province of

, but in the 8th century it was attached to Hierapolis in Phrygia, capital and metropolitan see of Phrygia Pacatiana Secunda, and as such appears in the ''Notitiae episcopatuum'' of the

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until the 13th century, when the area was overrun by the Seljuk Turks.

Bishops

Le Quien mentions five of its bishops known by their presence at councils: *Eustathius at a synod in Constantinople (536); *Silas at the Second Council of Constantinople (553); *Anastasius at the Quinisext Council (692); *Michael at the Second Council of Nicaea (787); *Theoctistus at the Fourth Council of Constantinople (879).

Roman Catholic titular see

Tiberiopolis remains a titular see in the Roman Catholic Church.Catholic Hierarchy
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Pappa

Under the name of Pappa, the town was also a bishopric of the province of Pisidia, and later a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Catholic Hierarchy
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Notes

References

;Attribution * The entry cites: ** William Smith, ''

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'', s.v.; ** William Mitchell Ramsay, ''Asia Minor'' (London, 1890), 147, 458. {{Ancient settlements in Turkey Ancient Greek cities in Anatolia Catholic titular sees in Asia Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Konya Province Populated places in Phrygia Populated places in ancient Isauria Populated places in Pisidia Populated places of the Byzantine Empire