Hephaestus (titular see)
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Hephæstus was a town in Roman Egypt
, in the province of Augustamnica Prima
, the eastern part of the Nile Delta.
The name Hephæstus is known only from ecclesiastical sources; its Egyptian name and its site are unknown.
.
It is mentioned by Hierocles
and by George of Cyprus, as among the thirteen towns of Augustamnica Prima.
Lequien mentions only two bishops: John, who took part in two Councils of Ephesus (First, 431 and Second, 449
), and Peter, present at the Council of Constantinople in 459.
It remains a Roman Catholic titular see
.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, in the province of Augustamnica Prima
Augustamnica
Augustamnica or Avgoustamnikai was a Roman province of Egypt created during the 5th century and was part of the Diocese of Oriens first and then of the Diocese of Egypt, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 640s...
, the eastern part of the Nile Delta.
The name Hephæstus is known only from ecclesiastical sources; its Egyptian name and its site are unknown.
Ecclesiastical history
The original diocese was in Augustamnica Prima, a suffragan of PelusiumPelusium
Pelusium was a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said. Alternative names include Sena and Per-Amun , Pelousion , Sin , Seyân , and Tell el-Farama...
.
It is mentioned by Hierocles
Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)
Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each...
and by George of Cyprus, as among the thirteen towns of Augustamnica Prima.
Lequien mentions only two bishops: John, who took part in two Councils of Ephesus (First, 431 and Second, 449
Second Council of Ephesus
The Second Council of Ephesus was a church synod in 449 AD. It was convoked by Emperor Theodosius II as an ecumenical council but because of the controversial proceedings it was not accepted as ecumenical, labelled a Robber Synod and later repudiated at the Council of Chalcedon.-The first...
), and Peter, present at the Council of Constantinople in 459.
It remains a Roman Catholic titular see
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"....
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