Euroea or Euroia (; also transcribed as Eurœa) was a city in
Epirus
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, in western
Greece
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, during
late antiquity
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. It was abandoned in the early 7th century due to
Slavic
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Peoples
* Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
** West Slav ...
invasions. During the 4th–8th centuries, it was a
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 ...
. Since the 18th century, it has also been a
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 metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
of the
Catholic Church
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. Its site is located near the modern village of
Glyki
Glyki () or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece.
History
The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic attacks.
The modern settlemen ...
in
Greece
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.
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History
St. Donatus, bishop of Euroea, lived under Theodosius I
Theodosius I ( ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene C ...
() and performed miracles, including providing a local settlement with abundant watersources (likely connected to the name "Euroea", "well-flowing").Roman province
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of Epirus vetus
The province of Epirus (, Koine and Medieval Greek: Ἐπαρχία Ἠπείρου, Eparchía Ēpeírou) was a province of the Roman Empire, covering the region of Ancient Epirus. Rome first annexed the region in 167 BC, in the aftermath of the T ...
.Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ; – 565) was a prominent Late antiquity, late antique Byzantine Greeks, Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Justinian I, Empe ...
, Emperor Justinian I
Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
() resettled the inhabitants of Euroea to an islet in a neighbouring lake and built there a strong city, commonly thought to be on the site of Ioannina
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.Slavic
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to:
Peoples
* Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
** West Slav ...
invasions, in 603 the Bishop of Euroea and the inhabitants, taking the relics of St. Donatus with them, fled to Kassiopi
Kassiopi or Cassiopi () is a fishing village and vibrant holiday-making destination of Ancient Greek origin. It is situated on the affluent northeast coast of Corfu, Greece. Historically significant due to its strategic position overlooking the C ...
on Corfu
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.Michel Le Quien
Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian.
Biography
Le Quien studied at , Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made ...
identified it with modern Paramythia
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, others with the nearby ancient settlement of Photice Photice or Photike () was a city in Epirus in the Roman and Byzantine periods. In the late Middle Ages it was known as Hagios Donatos (Ἅγιος Δονᾶτος).
History
The city was likely settled since Classical Antiquity, but is only known in ...
.Glyki
Glyki () or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece.
History
The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic attacks.
The modern settlemen ...
.
Bishopric
The first (and only) mention of the bishopric in one of the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum The ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' (singular: ''Notitia Episcopatuum'') were official documents that furnished for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church.
In the Roman Church (the mos ...
'' is in the so-called "iconoclast ''notitia''" (compiled some time after 787), where it is listed (as Εὐρόσου) as the second among the suffragans
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led by ...
of the Metropolis of Nicopolis
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.Theodosius I
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()
* Mark, participant in the Second Council of Ephesus
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in 449 and the Council of Chalcedon
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in 451
* Eugenius, signatory of a letter by the synod of Epirus vetus on the Council of Chalcedon and the murder of Proterius of Alexandria
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to Emperor Leo I the Thracian
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* Theodotus, attended the 536 council under Patriarch Menas of Constantinople
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* John I, mentioned by Procopius
* John II, mentioned in a letter by Pope Gregory the Great
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; he presided over the flight of the Euroeans to Corfu
Catholic titular see
The Roman Catholic Church
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has established "Eurœa" (since 1933: "Eurœa in Epiro") as a 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 metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
. Its incumbents are:
References
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Ancient Greek cities
Catholic titular sees in Europe
Former dioceses in Europe
Former populated places in Greece
Populated places in ancient Epirus
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
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