Basilinopolis (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Siméon Vailhé · 1913
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Description
Basilinopolis was a titular see of Asia Minor, first a small village in Bithynia Prima. It gained city rank under, or shortly before, Julian the Apostate. Its first known bishop, Alexander, was consecrated by St John Chrysostom about 400. Later bishops include Gerontius in 451, Cyriacus in 518, Sisinnius in 680, Georgius in 787, and Anthimus in 878.
At Chalcedon in 451, Nicomedia and Nicaea fought sharply over its jurisdiction, and the council made it Nicomedia's suffragan. It remained so until about 1170 under Manuel Comnenus. By the fifteenth century it vanishes from episcopal lists, its city doubtless destroyed by the Osmanli. Ramsay places its unknown site west of Lake Nicaea, near Bazar-Keui, between Kios and Nicaea.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Siméon Vailhé |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |