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A titular see of Palestine, suffragan of Petra. Its episcopal list (431-536) is given in Gams p. 454). There were two other sees of the same name, one in Cilicia, a suffragan of Tarsus, the other in Phrygia (Asia Minor), suffragan of Synnada. Its episcopal list (Gams, p. 446) extends from 359 to 869.

Source Record

Publication: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1907.
Nihil Obstat: Nihil Obstat. 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
Imprimatur: Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.