Helenopolis was a possibly a town and episcopal see in ancient Lydia, reported by the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910),[1] but refuted by William Mitchell Ramsay in his The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (1890) where he claims that Le Quien "invented" the place by misreading the Greek records.[2]

Ecclesiastical history

The episcopal see of Helenopolis was a suffragan of the See of Sardis in Lydia.

References

  1. ↑ Sophrone Pétridès "Helenopolis", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Retrieved February 21, 2010 New Advent
  2. ↑ William Mitchell Ramsay (1890). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. Vol. 4. Royal Geographical Society. p. 122.
  • Sophrone Pétridès "Helenopolis", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Retrieved February 21, 2010 New Advent


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