Helenopolis (Lydia)
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Helenopolis was a possibly a town and episcopal see in ancient Lydia, reported by the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910),[1] but refuted by William Mitchell Ramsay in his The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (1890) where he claims that Le Quien "invented" the place by misreading the Greek records.[2]
Ecclesiastical history
[edit | edit source]The episcopal see of Helenopolis was a suffragan of the See of Sardis in Lydia.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sophrone Pétridès "Helenopolis", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Retrieved February 21, 2010 New Advent
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- Sophrone Pétridès "Helenopolis", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Retrieved February 21, 2010 New Advent
