Hypselis or Hypsela (; ), known to the
ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and
Roman 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 ...
, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the
Asyut Governorate.
History
Antiquity
''Shashotep'' is first mentioned in texts dating back to the
First Intermediate Period
The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately 125 years, c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom. It comprises the seventh Dynasty, Seventh (altho ...
. During the subsequent
Middle Kingdom it was the main town of the
11th Upper Egyptian nome.
The main deity of ancient Shashotep was
Khnum, who was sometimes called "Lord of Shashotep".
The cemeteries near the modern place
Rifeh, once belonged to the town.
[ Later, the city became known by the Greeks as ''Hypselis''.][
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Titular see
During Roman time, and before fading into the desert, the city became one of the suffragan sees of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antinoë, capital of the province of Thebais Prima. The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric
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 archbish ...
by the names of ''Hypselis'' / ''Ipseli''. It is vacant since 1997, following the death of its last bishop, Jesús Serrano Pastor.GCatholic
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See also
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* List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt
* Apollonopolis Parva (Hypselis)
References
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Cities in ancient Egypt
Former populated places in Egypt
Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses
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