Arsuz ( ar, أرسوز ; el, Αρσούς) is a town and district Hatay Province,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. In ancient times, it was known as Rhosus ( grc, Ῥῶσός and Ῥωσός) and was a former

bishopric In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

and

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Geography

Arsuz used to be a part of

İskenderun İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Names The city was founded as Ale ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of Hatay Province. The town center is located South of İskenderun and from

Antakya Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes Rive ...

(administrative center of Hatay Province). The population is 90,456 as of 2018. While the town center is relatively small near the end of a coastal road leading south from İskenderun, the entire coastal region between İskenderun and the town center is often simply referred as Arsuz. This area is predominantly small rural farms (generally located inland towards the mountains) and small groups of summer homes (generally located near the coastline). In 2014, according to Turkish law no. 6360, Arsuz became a municipality with seven towns and 25 villages.

History

Arsuz had many names throughout history, including: Rhosus, Rhossos, Rhossus, Rhopolis, Port Panel/Bonnel, Kabev and Arsous. The earliest documents about it date from the Seleucid Empire, of whose

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

became the capital.

Malalas John Malalas ( el, , ''Iōánnēs Malálas''; – 578) was a Byzantine chronicler from Antioch (now Antakya, Turkey). Life Malalas was of Syrian descent, and he was a native speaker of Syriac who learned how to write in Greek later in ...

writes that the city was founded by Cilix, son of Agenor.Malalas, Chronography, Book 8.201
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Harpalus Harpalus (Greek: Ἅρπαλος) son of Machatas was an aristocrat of Macedon and boyhood friend of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Harpalus was repeatedly entrusted with official roles by Alexander and absconded three times with la ...

erected a brazen statue of Glycera by the side of his own statue at Rhosus.

Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynas ...

moved the statue of the goddess

Tyche Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη ''Túkhē'', 'Luck', , ; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Aphrodite ...

from Antigonia to the Rhosos. Arsuz was then an important seaport on the

Gulf of Issus The Gulf of Alexandretta or İskenderun ( tr, İskenderun Körfezi) is a gulf of the eastern Mediterranean or Levantine Sea. It lies beside the southern Turkish provinces of Adana and Hatay. Names The gulf is named for the nearby Turkish city ...

. In 64 BC, it was annexed by the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

. Under the name Rhosus, it was a city and bishopric (see below) in the late

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of Cilicia Secunda, with Anazarba as its capital. It is mentioned by Strabo,

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...

and Stephanus Byzantius; and later by Hierocles and

George of Cyprus George of Cyprus ( el, Γεώργιος Κύπριος; Latinized as ''Georgius Cyprius'') was a Byzantine geographer of the early seventh century. Nothing is known of his life save that he was born at Lapithos in the island of Cyprus. He is kno ...

. Some Christians in Rhosus accepted as truth the Docetic ''

Gospel of Peter The Gospel of Peter ( grc, κατά Πέτρον ευαγγέλιον, kata Petron euangelion), or the Gospel according to Peter, is an ancient text concerning Jesus Christ, only partially known today. It is considered a non-canonical gospel and ...

'' and for them in around AD 200 Serapion of Antioch composed a treatise condemning the book.

Theodoret Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus ( grc-gre, Θεοδώρητος Κύρρου; AD 393 – 458/466) was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457). He played a pi ...

relates the history of the hermit Theodosius of Antioch, founder of a monastery in the mountain near Rhosus, who was forced by the inroads of barbarians to retire to Antioch, where he died and was succeeded by his disciple Romanus, a native of Rhosus; these two religious are honoured by the

Greek Orthodox Church The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

on 5 and 9 February. In 638 the city was incorporated into the Rashidun Caliphate. In 969 it was taken by the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

, in 1084 by the

Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

, in 1039 by the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were ...

, in 1296 by the

Egyptian Mamluks The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16th ...

and in 1517 by the Ottoman Turks. Between 1918 and 1938 the town was under

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (french: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban; ar, الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان, al-intidāb al-fransi 'ala suriya wa-lubnān) (1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate foun ...

with the rest of Iskenderun district. In 1938, it became part of the independent

Hatay Republic Hatay State ( tr, Hatay Devleti; french: État du Hatay; ar , دولة هاتاي ''Dawlat Hatāy''), also known informally as the Republic of Hatay ( ar , جمهورية هاتاي ''Jumhūriyya Hatāy''), was a transitional political entity t ...

, but in June 1939 the Hatay legislature voted to join Turkey.

Demographics

German traveler

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listed 31 settlements in the Ottoman

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of Arsuz, 10 being Alawite (381 houses), 8 being Turkish (205 houses), and 12 without any information. The town of Arsuz (70 houses) was almost wholly

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with the exception of three Arab and one Turkish family.

Ecclesiastical history

Rhosus was a diocese in the sway of the

Patriarchate of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...

, originally as a suffragan of its Metropolitan in provincial capital of Cilicia Secunda, the

Archdiocese of Anazarba In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

, as mentioned in the ''

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'' in the 6th century and one dating from about 840. In another of the 10th century Rhosus is included among the 'exempt' sees, directly subject to the Patriarch. Six residential Suffragan bishops of Rhosus are known: * Antipatros, at the Council of Antioch in 363 * Porphyrius, mentioned in a letter by Saint

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of ...

circa 404 * Julian, at the

Council of Chalcedon The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bi ...

, 451 * a little later a bishop (name unknown), who separated from his Metropolitan to approve of the reconciliation effected between John of Antioch and Saint Cyril of Alexandria * Antoninus, at a council of Mopsuestia on the

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in 550; * Theodore, about 600, mentioned by monk-hagiographer

John Moschus John Moschus ( el, Ἰωάννης Μόσχος, c. 550 – 619; name from the grc, ὁ τοῦ Μόσχου, o tou Moschou, (son) of Moschos, was a Byzantine monk and ascetical writer. Biography He was born about 550 probably at Damascus. He ...

Titular see

No later than the 15th century the diocese was nominally restored as Latin

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of Rhosus (Latin) / Rosea (until 1925) / Roso (Curiate Italian) / Rhosien(sis) (Latin adjective) It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: * Egidio von Byderborch, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1428.11.29 – ?) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Diocese of Strasbourg The Archdiocese of Strasbourg ( la, Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; french: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; german: Erzbistum Straßburg; gsw-FR, Ärzbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdi ...

(France) (1428.11.29 – ?) * Jean de Montmartin,

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(O.F.M.) (1434.09.01 – death 1436?), no actual prelature * Heinrich Hopfgarten (1455.11.21 – 1460.03.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Archdiocese of Mainz The Electorate of Mainz (german: Kurfürstentum Mainz or ', la, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the ...

(Germany) (1455.11.21 – 1460.03.24); later Bishop of Risano (1455.11.21 – 1460.03.24) * Daniel o last name?!

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(O.E.S.A.) (1470.12.10 – death 1487?), no actual prelature * Raphael de Mercatellis, appointed titular bishop of Rhosus in 1487, died 1507. * Adrien Aernoult, O. Carm. (1517.09.18 – 1536.11) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Diocese of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-He ...

(France) (1517.09.18 – 1536.11) * Miguel de Sanguesa,

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(O. Cist.) (1537.04.20 – 1548) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Spain) (1537.04.20 – 1548); later Bishop of Risano (1537.04.29 – death 1548) * Johann Michael Wenzel von Spaur (1722.04.20 – death 1743.03.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Trento (Italy) (1722.04.20 – 1743.03.28) * Mihály Mánuel Olsavszky,

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(O.S.B.M.) (1743.09.05 – death 1767.11.05) as

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(

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) ( 743.03.121743.09.06 – 1767.11.05) * Claude-François-Ignace Franchet de Rans (1756.04.05 – death 1810.02.21) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(France) (1756.04.05 – 1810.02.21) * János Bradács, O.S.B.M. (1768.01.27 – 1771.09.19) as last Vicar Apostolic of

(Ukraine) (1768.01.27 – 1771.09.19), next promoted as first Bishop of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians (1771.09.19 – death 1772.07.04) * Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres,

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(O.P.) (1807.03.23 – 1815.03.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Antequera (

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) (1807.03.23 – 1815.03.15); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala ( Guatemala) (1815.03.15 – 1845.11.10) and

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of Diocese of La Habana (

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) (1836.02.24 – 1845.11.10) * Bernard Angus MacEachern (1819.01.12 – 1829.08.11) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Québec (

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) (1819.01.12 – 1829.08.11), later first Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada) (1829.08.11 – death 1835.04.23) * François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet (1835.04.06 – 1837.05.19) as Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (France) (1835.04.06 – 1837.05.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(France) (1837.05.19 – death 1882.12.22), created

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of S. Maria in Via (1853.06.27 – 1882.12.22) * Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. (1837.05.19 – death 1839?) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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( Colombia) (1837.05.19 – 1839?) * Joannes Bocheński (1850.05.20 – death 1857.01.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Byzantine Rite Metropolitanate, Ukraine) (1850.05.20 – 1857.01.25) * Pietro Saulini (1876.06.26 – death 1878.02.28) as Bishop of

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(Italy) (1878.02.28 – 1887) * Emmanuel-Marie-Ange de Briey (1880.02.27 – 1884.08.30) as Coadjutor Bishop of

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(France) ( 880.02.121880.02.27 – 1884.08.30), next succeeded as Bishop of Meaux (1884.08.30 – death 1909.12.11) * Gennaro Portanova (1883.08.09 – 1885.02.01) as Coadjutor Bishop of

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(Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1885.02.01); later succeeding as Bishop of Ischia (1885.02.01 – 1888.03.16), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1888.03.16 – 1908.04.25), created

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(1899.06.22 – 1908.04.25) * Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière,

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(C.O.) (1884.10.03 – 1913.03.12) successively as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Grenoble (France) (1884.10.03 – 1885), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Lyon (France) (1885 – 1887), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(1887 – 1892), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Rouen (France) (1892 – retired 1896) and emeritate * Trudo Johannes Jans, O.F.M. (1923.12.13 – 1929.09.09) as last

of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China) (1923.12.13 – 1924.12.03), restyled first Apostolic Vicar of

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宜昌 (China) (1924.12.03 – death 1929.09.09) * José Garibi Rivera (1929.12.16 – 1934.12.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (

) (1929.12.16 – 1934.12.22); later

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(1934.12.22 – 1936.02.18) as

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of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1934.12.22 – 1936.02.18), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1936.02.18 – retired 1969.03.01), created

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(1958.12.18 – death 1972.05.27), President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1960 – 1963) * Heinrich Ritter, Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.) (born

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) (1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19) as first

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(

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) (1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19) * Marc Lacroix,

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(O.M.I.) (1942.12.18 – 1967.07.13) as last

of Hudson Bay (

) (1942.12.18 – 1967.07.13); next promoted first Bishop of

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(Canada) (1967.07.13 – 1968.01.29), restyled first Bishop of Churchill–Hudson Bay (Canada) (1968.01.29 – 1968.10.25), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Chullu (1968.10.25 – 1970.11.24).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic - (former and) titular see
* ; Bibliography * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig, 1931, p. 436 * Michel Lequien, ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'', Paris, 1740, Tomo II, coll. 905-908 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', vol. 1, p. 423 (note 4 on 'Rosensis'); vol. 2, pp. 224–225; vol. 3, p. 287; vol. 5, p. 334; vol. 6, p. 357 {{Former settlements in Turkey Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Geography of Hatay Province History of Hatay Province Towns in Turkey Populated coastal places in Turkey Populated places in Hatay Province İskenderun District Catholic titular sees in Asia