Germanicopolis

Ancient Greek:Γερμανικόπολις
Germanicopolis Shown within Turkey
Location	Turkey
Region	Bursa Province
Coordinates	40°10′N28°53′E / 40.167°N 28.883°E /40.167; 28.883

Germanicopolis (Greek:Γερμανικόπολις) was an ancient town inBithynia, also known asCaesarea in Bythinia (not to be confused withCaesarea Germanica, as such a former bishopric and present Latin Catholictitular see.

It was located on theGelbes river,^[1] not far fromPrusa (modern Bursa inTurkey). In earlier times it was calledHelge,Helgas orBooscoete (Βοὸς κοίτη),Plin. v. 40. Modern scholars locate the town at the village of Tahtalı

The city was taken by theOttoman Empire in 1326 and the new Ottomancapital city was built at nearbyBursa (the Ancient Prusa).

InByzantine times the town was the see of asuffragan of theArchdiocese of Nicomedia, in the sway of thePatriarchate of Constantinople.

The names of a number of bishops are historically documented:^[2]

• Phileas, mentioned in the martyr vita of Saint Tirsus and companions underRoman emperorDiocletian.
• Rufus, attending theFirst Council of Nicaea
• Paul(us), partook in the minor Council of Constantinople of 518
• Johannes, attended theCouncil of Constantinople convoked byPatriarch Mennas of Constantinople in 536
• Theodosius quarrelled withMaximus the Confessor
• Theodorus, partook in theThird Council of Constantinople
• Constantinus, attending theSecond Council of Nicaea
• Theophilus, partook in the Council of Constantinople of 879-880 which rehabilitatedPhotius asPatriarch of Constantinople

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as LatinTitular bishopric of Cesarea in Bithynia (Latin) / Cesarea di Bitinia (Curiate Italian) / Cæsarien(sis) in Bithynia (Latin adjective).

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

• Anthony Jeremiah Pesce,Passionist (C.P.) (born Italy) (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25) as lastApostolic Vicar ofDodoma (Tanzania) (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25); next (see) promoted first Bishop ofDodoma (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – death 1971.12.20)
• Giovanni Sismondo (1954.09.30 – 1955.02.21) (Italian), on emeritate : previously Bishop ofPontremoli (Italy) (1930.02.06 – 1954.09.30); later (promoted)Titular Archbishop ofMarcianopolis (1955.02.21 – death 1957.12.07)
• Secondo Chiocca (1955.04.15 – death 1982.01.05) first as Auxiliary Bishop ofArchdiocese of Genova (Genua, Italy) (1955.04.15 – retired 1981.05.09), then as emeritate; previously Bishop ofRoman Catholic Diocese of Foligno (Italy) (1947.01.18 – resigned 1955.04.15).

• GCatholic - (former and) titular bishopric
• Richard Talbert,Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 52 & text.
• Pius Bonifacius Gams,Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 443
• Le Quien, Michel (1740). "Ecclesia Cæsareæ".Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus primus: tres magnas complectens diœceses Ponti, Asiæ & Thraciæ, Patriarchatui Constantinopolitano subjectas (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 627–628.OCLC 955922585.
• Raymond Janin, lemma 'Césarée de Bithynie', inDictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, col. 199

• Roman towns and cities in Turkey
• Roman Bithynia
• Former populated places in Turkey
• Geography of Bursa Province
• Populated places in Bithynia

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