Tiberiopolis

Tiberiopolis was a town in the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana, mentioned by Ptolemy,^[1] Socrates of Constantinople^[2] and Hierocles.^[3]

It struck its own coins at least from the time of Trajan.

It was situated somewhere in the region of Doğrugöz (formerly Eğrigöz) in Konya Province, Turkey

Bishopric

The bishopric of Tiberiopolis appears in the oldest Greek Notitiae episcopatuum among the suffragans of Laodicea in Phrygia, capital and metropolitan see of the late Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana Prima, but in the 8th century it was attached to Hierapolis in Phrygia, capital and metropolitan see of Phrygia Pacatiana Secunda, and as such appears in the Notitiae episcopatuum until the 13th century.

Bishops

Le Quien^[4] mentions five of its bishops known by their presence at councils:

• Eustathius at Constantinople (536);
• Silas at Constantinople (553);
• Anastasius at Constantinople (692);
• Michael at Nicaea (787);
• Theoctistus at Constantinople (879).

Notes

1. V, 2, 25.
2. Hist. eccl., VII, 46.
3. Synecdemus, 668, 9.
4. Oriens christianus, I, 797.

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Tiberiopolis". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. The entry cites:
  • William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, s.v.;
  • William Mitchell Ramsay, Asia Minor (London, 1890), 147, 458.