Helenopolis (Palaestina Secunda) Explained

Helenopolis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ἑλενόπολις) was a town and episcopal see in the former Roman province of Palaestina Secunda, in the Byzantine Empire. It was named for the mother of Constantine the Great, Helena.[1] It is identified as either modern Daburiyya[2] or with Kfar Kama, both in Israel.[3]

As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in the Annuario Pontificio among titular sees of the Roman Catholic Church.[4] Its last titular bishop was John Francis Hackett.[5]

References

  1. Jan Willem Drijvers, Helena Augusta (BRILL, 1992) page 10.
  2. [F. M. Abel]
  3. Yoram Tsafrir, Leah Di Segni and Judith Green,Tabula Imperii Romani: Judaea, Palaestina (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Jerusalem, 1994) page 142.
  4. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013), p. 886
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0695.htm Helenopolis in Palæstina