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Maximianopolis (Template:Lang-grc) was an ancient city in Palaestina Secunda, within the Byzantine Empire.^[1] The name Maximianopolis (City of Maximian) was given to it by Diocletian, in honour of his co-emperor Maximian. It was located 17 M.P. from Caesarea and 10 M.P. from Jezreel.^[2] The town earlier bore the names Legio and Caporcotani.^[3]

Its site is near Lejjun, Israel.^[3]^[4]

History

Bible reference

Jerome identified Maximianopolis with the Hadad-rimmon of Zechariah 12:11 –

On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo

The mention of the Hadad-rimmon mourning may be a reference to pagan worship ceremonies or to an event such as the death of Josiah, mortally wounded in the Battle of Megiddo (609 BC).^[5]

Episcopal see

Maximianopolis in Palaestina^[6] was also a seat of a Bishop in the province of Palestina II.

In the time of the so-called Pilgrim of Bordeaux and of Jerome,^[7] the town already bore the name of Maximianopolis.

The camp of the Legio VI Ferrata was within the same Catholic see, at a place that was known as Legio. In the Latin version of an episcopal Notitia Episcopatuum, probably of the 11th century, the name "Legionum" is given to what in the original Greek text is Maximianopolis. Legio became Lajjun, currently the site of Kibbutz Meggido, closer than Maximianopolis to Megiddo.^[8]

Only three of its residential bishops are known:

Paul, in 325
Megas, in 518
Domnus, in 536^[9]

Titular see

The ancient episcopal see is now included, under the name Maximianopolis in Palaestina, in the list of titular sees of the Roman Catholic Church given in the Annuario Pontificio.^[10]

Gaetano Mantegazza, B. † (25 Jun 1778 Appointed – 1793)
Alexander Cameron † (19 Sep 1797 Appointed – 7 Feb 1828)
Kajetan von Kowalski † (15 Apr 1833 Appointed – 13 Jan 1840)
William Walsh † (15 Feb 1842 Appointed – 27 Sep 1844)
Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed – 30 May 1875)
Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. † (3 Apr 1883 Appointed – 14 Dec 1886)
John Hutchinson, O.S.A. † (13 May 1887 Appointed – 28 Oct 1897)
Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † (24 Jan 1927 Appointed – 18 Jun 1980)

References

^ Meyers, E., J. Brown. "Places: 678266 (Legio/Caporcotani/Maximianopolis)". Pleiades. Retrieved February 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jerusalem Itinerary; Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Maximianopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
^ ^a ^b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Holman Bible Dictionary, "Hadad-Rimmon"
^ Maximianopolis in Palaestina Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at catholic-hierarchy.org.
^ "Comment. in Zachar.", ad cap. xii, 11; "Comment. In Oz.", 5.
^ Vailhé, Siméon (1913). "Legio". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Vailhé, Siméon (1913). "Maximianopolis". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 925

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Maximianopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

32°35′06″N 35°11′04″E / 32.58505°N 35.18452°E / 32.58505; 35.18452

[1] Meyers, E., J. Brown. "Places: 678266 (Legio/Caporcotani/Maximianopolis)". Pleiades. Retrieved February 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Jerusalem Itinerary; Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Maximianopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[Barrington-3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[5] Holman Bible Dictionary, "Hadad-Rimmon"

[6] Maximianopolis in Palaestina Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at catholic-hierarchy.org.

[7] "Comment. in Zachar.", ad cap. xii, 11; "Comment. In Oz.", 5.

[8] Vailhé, Siméon (1913). "Legio". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[9] Vailhé, Siméon (1913). "Maximianopolis". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[10] Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 925

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