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{{Short description|City in ancient Lydia that was included in the late Roman province of Asia Prima}}
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'''Palaeopolis (in Asia)''' was a city in ancient [[Lydia]] that was included in the late [[Roman province]] of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia Prima]]. Its [[bishopric]] was thus a [[suffragan]] of [[Ephesus]], the [[metropolitan see]] of that province.

Its site is now near the [[Turkey|Turkish]] town of [[Beydağ]].<ref>{{Cite DARE|29022}}</ref> Under the [[Ottoman Empire]], it was in the [[vilayet]] (province) of [[İzmir]].

== History ==
The secular history of this city is unknown. In the 6th century AD it is mentioned by [[Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)|Hierocles]] (''Synecdemus'' 660, 4). It is found in the ''[[Notitiae Episcopatuum]]'' as late as the 13th century, among the suffragan sees of Ephesus. [[Michel Le Quien|Le Quien]] (''Oriens christianus'' '''I''':729) mentions seven bishops of this city known by their presence at councils: Rhodon at [[First Council of Ephesus|Ephesus, 431]]; Basilicus at [[Council of Chalcedon|Chalcedon, 451]]; Eusebius at Constantinople, 536; George at [[Council of Constantinople (692)|Constantinople, 692]]; Gregory at [[Second Council of Nicaea|Nicaea, 787]]; Peter at [[Council of Constantinople (869)|Constantinople, 869]]; Julian at [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)|Constantinople, 879]].

== Titular see ==
No longer a residential see, the bishopric is included in the [[Catholic Church]]'s list of [[titular see]]s <ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 948</ref> since its nominal restoration in the 18th century as Paleopolis, renamed Palaeopolis in 1925, and finally in 1933 renamed Palæopolis in Asia, avoiding confusion with its Pamphylian namesake.

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Teodor Machciński (1730.02.08 – ?), no office recorded
* Giovanni Pietro Martino Pellegrini (1786.04.03 – death 1830.02.18), no office recorded
* Patrick Raymund Griffith, [[Dominican Order]] (O.P.) (1837.06.06 – death 1862.06.18), as Apostolic Vicar of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories|Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories]] (South Africa) (1837.06.06 – 1847.07.30) and later Apostolic Vicar of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District|Cape of Good Hope, Western District]] (South Africa) (1847.07.30 – 1862.06.18)
* Gábor Máriássy (1865.03.27 – death 1871.10.26), as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Eger|Eger]] (Hungary) (1865.03.27 – 1871.10.26)
* [[Simeone Volonteri]] (安西满), [[Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions]] (M.E.M.) (1873.07.22 – death 1904.12.21), as Apostolic Vicar of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Honan|Honan]] 河南 (China) (1873.07.22 – 1882.08.28) and Apostolic Vicar of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan|Southern Honan]] 河南南境 (China) (1882.08.28 – 1904.12.21)
* Antal Fetser (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22), as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare|Oradea Mare]] (Romania) (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22); later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr|Győr]] (Hungary) (1915.01.22 –death  1933.10.06)
* Carlo Sica (1917.12.20 – 1921.11.21), former Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of |Foligno]] (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20), later Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus (1921.11.21 – 1939.12.02)
* [[Bishop-elect]] Guglielmo Piani, [[Salesians]] (S.D.B.) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de Los Angeles|Puebla de los Angeles]] (Mexico) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17); later Titular Archbishop of [[Velicia]] (1922.02.17 – 1934.04.21) & [[Apostolic Delegate]] (papal diplomatic envoy) to Philippines (1922.02.17 – 1948.10.05), Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Nicosia (1934.04.21 – 1956.09.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of México|México]] (Mexico) (1951.04.13 – 1956.09.27)
* Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. (1922.12.01 – death 1948.12.28), Apostolic Vicar of [[Apostolic Vicar of Kimberley in Western Australia|Kimberley in Western Australia]] (Australia) (1922.12.01 – retired 1928)
* Souleyman Sayegh (1953.11.27 – death 1961.09.18), [[Auxiliary Eparch]] of [[Mossul of the Chaldeans]] (Iraq) (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18)
* [[Emmanuel-Karim Delly]] (1962.12.26 – 1967.05.06) as Auxiliary Eparch of the Patriarchate [[Babylon of the Chaldeans]] (Iraq) ([1962.12.07] 1962.12.26 – 1997), later Titular Archbishop of [[Kaškar of the Chaldeans]] (1967.05.06 – 2003.12.03) & [[Bishop of Curia]] of the Chaldeans (1997 – 2002.10.24), elected [[Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans]] (Iraq) ([2003.12.03] 2003.12.03 – death 2012.12.19) as [[Emmanuel III Delly]], also President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), created [[Cardinal-Patriarch]] (2007.11.24 – 2014.04.08, without titular church in Rome)

== See also ==
* [[Catholic Church in Turkey]]
* [[Palaeopolis in Pamphylia]]

== References ==
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* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11418a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1343.htm GCatholic, with titular incumbent bio links]

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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Lydia]]
[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Asia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:History of İzmir Province]]
[[Category:Beydağ District]]