Zenopolis (Ancient Greek: Ζηνούπολις) was an ancient Roman and Byzantine city in Isauria. Its site is located near Elmayurdu in Asiatic Turkey.[1]
This city was the birthplace of Emperor Zeno (474–491), and was renamed in his honour.[2] Its previous name was Rusumblada, according to Ramsay, but the author of the entry on Rusumblada in Paulys Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft considers this uncertain.[3] Its modern name is Isnebol.[4] George of Cyprus mentioned it in the 7th century, as did Constantine Porphyrogenitus in the 10th century, as a city of the Isaurian Decapolis.[5]
The city is recorded as a bishopric in the 6th-century Notitia Episcopatuum of the Patriarchate of Antioch,[6] but in about 732 Isauria was attached to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[5]
Le Quien mentions two bishops:[7]
The Catholic Church's list of titular sees continues to include the see as Zenopolis in Isauria.[8] Past titular Bishops include:
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