Castoria (titular see)
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Castoria is a Catholic titular see
. The original diocese was in Macedonia
.
Livy
mentions a town near a lake in Orestis
, called Celetrum, whose inhabitants surrendered to Sulpitius during the Roman war against Philip V of Macedon
(200 B.C.). Procopius
relates that Justinian, finding the town of Diocletianopolis
ruined by the barbarians, built a city on the lake, of Castoria. Tafel
suggests that Celetrum, Diocletianopolis, and Castoria are three successive names of the same place. In any case, Castoria seems to have replaced Celetrum.
There Bohemond camped with his army at Christmas, 1083. The Byzantine chroniclers describe it as a strong fortress. In the tenth century it must have been occupied by the Bulgarians. About 1350 it was given up by the Emperor Joannes Cantacuzene to the King of Serbia, and in 1386 it was captured by the Turks.
, Castoria was the first suffragan see of the archdiocese of Achrida. Lequien mentions only three bishops: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas.
Some ten Latin bishops are known from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries.
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The original diocese was in Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
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Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
mentions a town near a lake in Orestis
Orestis (region)
For the modern municipality, see OrestidaOrestis was a region of Upper Macedonia, corresponding roughly to the modern Kastoria Prefecture, West Macedonia, Greece. Its inhabitants were the Greek tribe Orestae...
, called Celetrum, whose inhabitants surrendered to Sulpitius during the Roman war against Philip V of Macedon
Philip V of Macedon
Philip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome. Philip was attractive and charismatic as a young man...
(200 B.C.). Procopius
Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
relates that Justinian, finding the town of Diocletianopolis
Diocletianopolis in Thracia
Diocletianopolis in Thracia was an ancient Roman town in the region of Thrace, nowadays the town of Hisarya in Bulgaria. It gained its official status as a city in 293 CE by the Roman emperor Diocletian....
ruined by the barbarians, built a city on the lake, of Castoria. Tafel
Tafel
Tafel is a surname, and may refer to:*Edgar Tafel , American architect*Gustav Tafel , German-born colonel in the Union Army*Julius Tafel , Swiss chemistTafel may also refer to:* Tafel, a Namibian beer....
suggests that Celetrum, Diocletianopolis, and Castoria are three successive names of the same place. In any case, Castoria seems to have replaced Celetrum.
There Bohemond camped with his army at Christmas, 1083. The Byzantine chroniclers describe it as a strong fortress. In the tenth century it must have been occupied by the Bulgarians. About 1350 it was given up by the Emperor Joannes Cantacuzene to the King of Serbia, and in 1386 it was captured by the Turks.
Bishops
As early at least as the reign of Basil IIBasil II
Basil II , known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his ancestor Basil I the Macedonian, was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025.The first part of his long reign was dominated...
, Castoria was the first suffragan see of the archdiocese of Achrida. Lequien mentions only three bishops: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas.
Some ten Latin bishops are known from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries.