Caesaropolis () was a

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city on the coast of eastern

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. It was founded in 836 by the ''

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'' Alexios Mosele to consolidate Byzantine control over the Slavic tribes of the area. It is mentioned as an

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Heinrich Gelzer Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847 – 11 July 1906) was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889). He became Professor of classical philology and an ...

's ''Nova Tactica'' (1717) and in Parthey's ''

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'', III (c. 1170–1179) and X (12th or 13th century), as a suffragan of

Philippi Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...

in Macedonia.

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(II, 65) speaks of the see, but mentions no bishop. Manuscript notes give the names of two titulars: Meletius, who was alive in April 1329, and Gabriel, in November 1378. In 1951 Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was named Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis by Pope Pius XII. No longer a residential bishopric, Caesaropolis is today listed by the

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as a

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.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 868

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