Maximianopolis () was an ancient city in

Palaestina Secunda Palaestina Secunda or Palaestina II was a province of the Byzantine Empire from 390, until its conquest by the Muslim armies in 634–636. Palaestina Secunda, a part of the Diocese of the East, roughly comprised inland Galilee, the Jezreel Valley ...

, within the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

. The name Maximianopolis (City of Maximian) was given to it by

Diocletian Diocletian ( ; ; ; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia. As with other Illyri ...

, in honour of his co-emperor

Maximian Maximian (; ), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar (title), Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocleti ...

. It was located 17 M.P. from Caesarea and 10 M.P. from Jezreel. The town earlier bore the names

Legio Legio was a Roman military camp south of Tel Megiddo in the Roman province of Galilee. History Following the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-136 CE), Legio VI Ferrata was stationed at Legio near Caparcotna. The approximate location of the camp of the L ...

and Caporcotani. Its site is near Lejjun,

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

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Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...

identified Maximianopolis with the Hadad-rimmon of – : The mention of the Hadad-rimmon mourning may be a reference to pagan worship ceremonies or to an event such as the death of

Josiah Josiah () or Yoshiyahu was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Until the 1990s, the biblical description of Josiah’s ...

, mortally wounded in the

Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) This Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC, when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt led his army to Carchemish (northern Syria) to join with his allies, the fading Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the surging Neo-Babylonian Empire. T ...

Episcopal see

Maximianopolis in Palaestina was also a seat of a Bishop in the province of Palestina II. In the time of the so-called Pilgrim of Bordeaux and of

, the town already bore the name of Maximianopolis. The camp of the

Legio VI Ferrata Legio VI Ferrata ("Sixth Ironclad Legion") was a Roman legion, legion of the Imperial Roman army. In 30 BC it became part of the emperor Augustus's standing army. It continued in existence into the 4th century. A ''Legio VI'' fought in the Roman ...

was within the same Catholic see, at a place that was known as

. In the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

version of an episcopal

Notitia 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 ...

, probably of the 11th century, the name "Legionum" is given to what in the original

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

text is Maximianopolis. Legio became

Lajjun Lajjun (, ''al-Lajjūn'') was a large Palestine (region), Palestinian Arab village located northwest of Jenin and south of the remains of the biblical city of Tel Megiddo, Megiddo. The Israeli kibbutz of Megiddo, Israel was built 600 metres ...

, currently the site of Kibbutz Meggido, closer than Maximianopolis to

Megiddo Megiddo may refer to: Places and sites in Israel * Tel Megiddo, site of an ancient city in Israel's Jezreel valley * Megiddo Airport, a domestic airport in Israel * Megiddo church (Israel) * Megiddo, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel * Megiddo Juncti ...

. Only three of its residential bishops are known: *Paul, in 325 *Megas, in 518 *Domnus, in 536

Titular see

The ancient episcopal see is now included, under the name Maximianopolis in Palaestina, in the list of

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 ...

s of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

given in the ''

Annuario Pontificio The ''Annuario Pontificio'' ( Italian for ''Pontifical Yearbook'') is the annual directory of the Holy See of the Catholic Church. It lists the popes in chronological order and all officials of the Holy See's departments. It also provides nam ...

''.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 925 * Gaetano Mantegazza, B. † (25 Jun 1778 Appointed – 1793) * Alexander Cameron † (19 Sep 1797 Appointed – 7 Feb 1828) * Kajetan von Kowalski † (15 Apr 1833 Appointed – 13 Jan 1840) * William Walsh † (15 Feb 1842 Appointed – 27 Sep 1844) * Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed – 30 May 1875) * Ferdinand Maria Ossi, OCD † (3 Apr 1883 Appointed – 14 Dec 1886) * John Hutchinson, OSA † (13 May 1887 Appointed – 28 Oct 1897) * Auguste François Louis Grimault, CSSp † (24 Jan 1927 Appointed – 18 Jun 1980)

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