Zenopolis (Ancient Greek:Ζηνούπολις) was anancient Roman andByzantine city inIsauria. Its site is located nearElmayurdu inAsiatic Turkey.[1]
This city was the birthplace of EmperorZeno (474–491), and was renamed in his honour.[2] Its previous name wasRusumblada, according toRamsay, but the author of the entry on Rusumblada inPaulys Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft considers this uncertain.[3] Its modern name isIsnebol.[4]George of Cyprus mentioned it in the 7th century, as didConstantine Porphyrogenitus in the 10th century, as a city of theIsaurian Decapolis.[5]
The city is recorded as a bishopric in the 6th-centuryNotitia Episcopatuum of thePatriarchate of Antioch,[6] but in about 732 Isauria was attached to thePatriarchate of Constantinople.[5]
Le Quien mentions two bishops:[7]
TheCatholic Church's list oftitular sees continues to include the see as Zenopolis in Isauria.[8] Pasttitular Bishops include:
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