Cusae Explained

Cusae
Native Name:Coptic: {{Script/Coptic|ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ
Coptic: {{Script/Coptic|ⲕⲟⲥⲉⲓ
Native Name Lang:grc
Other Name:Arabic: القوصية
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Coordinates:27.4444°N 30.8167°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Name1:Asyut
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:+2

Cusae (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κοῦσαι or Κῶς; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ or ⲕⲟⲥⲉⲓ) was a city in Upper Egypt. Its Ancient Egyptian name was qjs (variant qsy), conventionally rendered Qis or Kis. Today, the town is known as El Quseyya, and is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Asyut Governorate.

History

Cusae was the capital of the 14th Nome of Upper Egypt.

Middle Kingdom

It was a cult centre for Hathor, and also contained a necropolis, Meir, which was used during the Middle Kingdom to hold the tombs of local aristocrats.

New Kingdom

At the beginning of the reign of the Theban pharaoh Kamose, Cusae marked the boundary between the northern Hyksos realm (the 15th Dynasty) and the southern Theban kingdom (the 17th Dynasty).[1]

Roman Period

During the 5th century, the city was the settlement of Legio II Flavia Constantia.

Bishopric

The bishopric of Cusae was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Antinoë, capital of the Roman province of Thebaid I. Achilles (or Achilleus) was ordained bishop of the see by Meletius of Lycopolis. Another, Elias, was of the 4th or 5th centuries.[2] Theonas took part in the Second Council of Constantinople (553). Later bishops took the non-Chalcedonian side, the first of them being Gregorius, who assisted Pope John II (III) of Alexandria on his deathbed.[3] [4] [5] [6]

No longer a residential bishopric, Cusae is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[7]

See also

References

27.4444°N 30.8167°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grimal, Nicolas . Nicolas Grimal . 1992 . A History of Ancient Egypt . Oxford . Blackwell Books . 191 .
  2. S. Timm, Das christlich-koptische Ägypten, Wiesbaden 1982-1992, 2181 e 2189 n. 4.
  3. Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 595-598
  4. Raymond Janin, v. Cusae in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Paris 1956, col. 1117
  5. [Klaas Worp|Klaas A. Worp]
  6. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04575b.htm Sophrone Pétridès, "Cusae"
  7. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013), p. 878