Summary
Mariamme was a city in the late Roman province of Syria I, corresponding to present-day Qal'at El-Hosn or Krak des Chevaliers.
  Shown within Syria | |
| Location | Syria |
|---|---|
| Region | Homs Governorate |
| Coordinates | 34°45′25″N 36°17′40″E / 34.756944°N 36.294444°E |
Hecataeus of Miletus is quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium describing Mariamme as a Phoenician city.[1][2] Arrian mentions Mariamme as a city under the dominion of the king of Arwad in the time of Alexander the Great.[3]
The bishopric of Mariamme is no longer a residential episcopal see and is therefore included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[4]
The first titular bishop was appointed to the see in 1923 in the person of Martín Rucker Sotomayor, who had been named the Apostolic Vicar for the Vicariate Apostolic of Tarapacá in Chile.
The current holder of the title is Claudiu-Lucian Pop, a curial bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.[5]
Previous titular bishops include Ceslaus Sipovich.
References edit
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Cum annotationibus L. Holsteinii, A. Berkelii et Th. de Pinedo. Vol. I, cum Guilielmi Dindorfii praefatione, cui insunt lectiones libri Vratislav, Leipzig, 1825, p. 286
- ^ Elayi, Josette (1982). "Studies in Phoenician Geography during the Persian Period". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 41 (2): 88. ISSN 0022-2968.
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, 2.13 (see in the Greek source and English translation)
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 923
- ^ "Mariamme (Titular See)". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 16 December 2012.