Helenopolis (Greek: Ἑλενόπολις) was a town and episcopal see in the former Roman province of Palaestina Secunda, in the Byzantine Empire. It was named for the mother of Constantine the Great, Helena.[1] It is identified as either modern Daburiyya[2] or with Kfar Kama, both in Israel.[3]
As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in the Annuario Pontificio among titular sees of the Roman Catholic Church.[4] Its last titular bishop was John Francis Hackett.[5]
References edit
- ^ Jan Willem Drijvers, Helena Augusta (BRILL, 1992) page 10.
- ^ F. M. Abel, Géographie de la Palestine (volume 2) (Paris, 1938) pages 205 & 347.
- ^ Yoram Tsafrir, Leah Di Segni and Judith Green,Tabula Imperii Romani: Judaea, Palaestina (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Jerusalem, 1994) page 142.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 886
- ^ Helenopolis in Palæstina at GCatholic.com.