Zenopolis () was an

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and

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city in

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. Its site is located near Elmayurdu in Asiatic Turkey.

History

This city was the birthplace of Emperor

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(474–491), and was renamed in his honour. Its previous name was Rusumblada, according to

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, but the author of the entry on Rusumblada in ''Paulys Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'' considers this uncertain. Its modern name is Isnebol.

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mentioned it in the 7th century, as did

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in the 10th century, as a city of the

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.Siméon Vailhé, "Zenonopolis" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1912)
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Bishopric

The city is recorded as a bishopric in the 6th-century ''

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'' of the

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, but in about 732 Isauria was attached to the

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mentions two bishops:Michel Lequien, ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'' (Paris 1740, Tomus II, coll. 1033-1034
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(681) * Marcus, at the

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(787) The

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's list of

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s continues to include the see as Zenopolis in Isauria.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 1012 Past

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s include: *

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(26 Aug 1671 Appointed - 23 Aug 1678) *Luigi Moccagatta, (3 Mar 1844 Appointed - 6 Sep 1891) * Francesco Albino Symon (17 Dec 1891 Appointed - 2 Aug 1897) *Engelberto Voršak (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 22 Aug 1921) * Stefan Walczykiewicz (20 Jul 1928 Appointed - 12 May 1940) *Jean-Baptiste Castanier,(29 Nov 1940 Appointed - 12 Mar 1943) *Anton Scharnagl (10 Apr 1943 Appointed - 19 Jan 1955) * Jacques Henri Romeijn,(10 Jul 1955 Appointed - 3 Jan 1961) * Giovanni Ferrofino (28 Oct 1961 Appointed - 20 Dec 2010)

References

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