Chariopolis
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Chariopolis is a Catholic titular see
. The original diocese was in Thrace
. Chariopolis is now Hayrabolu
, Turkey
.
Nothing is known about this city during antiquity. In 1087 it was plundered by Tselgou and Solomon, Kings of the Patzinaces and of the Hungarians. In 1205 Villehardouin
passed through there, after the unsuccessful siege of Adrianople.
of the twelfth or thirteenth century, as a suffragan of Heracleia in Thrace. An act of Isidorus, Patriarch of Constantinople, dated 13 August 1347, places it again under the jurisdiction of Heracleia. Lequien (II, 1133) mentions only four bishops, the first present at Nicaea in 787, the last in 1351.
It is not known when the see ceased to be a residential one for the Greek Orthodox Church; they frequently use the name for titular bishops.
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 Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
. Chariopolis is now Hayrabolu
Hayrabolu
Hayrabolu is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Hasan İrtem .-History:Hayrabolu is one of the oldest settled areas of Thrace. Its old name was “Chariupolis” . Although Turks first conquered it in 1357, it was soon taken back by the Byzantines...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
Nothing is known about this city during antiquity. In 1087 it was plundered by Tselgou and Solomon, Kings of the Patzinaces and of the Hungarians. In 1205 Villehardouin
Villehardouin
The name Villehardouin may refer to:* Villehardouin, a former commune of the Aube department, now part of Val-d'Auzon*Geoffrey of Villehardouin, knight, crusader , Marshal of Romania and author of the "Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople"*Geoffrey I of Villehardouin,...
passed through there, after the unsuccessful siege of Adrianople.
Bishops
It figures only in later Notitiae episcopatuumNotitiae Episcopatuum
The Notitiae Episcopatuum are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church....
of the twelfth or thirteenth century, as a suffragan of Heracleia in Thrace. An act of Isidorus, Patriarch of Constantinople, dated 13 August 1347, places it again under the jurisdiction of Heracleia. Lequien (II, 1133) mentions only four bishops, the first present at Nicaea in 787, the last in 1351.
It is not known when the see ceased to be a residential one for the Greek Orthodox Church; they frequently use the name for titular bishops.