Hierocaesarea or Hierokaisareia, from the Greek for 'sacred' and the Latin for 'Caesar's', also known as Hieracome or Hierakome, was a town and bishopric in the late Roman province of Lydia, the metropolitan see of which was Sardis. It was inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1]
This town is mentioned by Ptolemy.[2] Judging from its coins, it worshipped the goddess Artemis Persica.
Its site is located between Sazoba and Kumkuyucak in Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]
It is mentioned as an episcopal see in all the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the 12th or 13th century,[4] but only three of its bishops are known:
The see remains a (vacant) titular see in the Roman Catholic Church, with nominal bishops appointed.[7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Hierocæsarea". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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