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567:) in 553, Abraham signed as metropolitan. The favors of Anastasius obtained for the city the name of Anastasiopolis, which it still retained at the beginning of the seventh century. Bishop Candidus, at the time of the
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of the highest, Metropolitan rank, and its name was shortened to
Sergiopolis. As such, it has had the following incumbents, the first two however still only as titular bishop :
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Hof, Catharine (2019). "The monumental Late
Antique cisterns of Resafa, Syria as refined capacity and water-quality regulation system".
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492:(r. 724–743) made the city his favoured residence, and built several palaces around it, which are counted among the
575:(in 543), ransomed 1,200 captives for two hundred pounds of gold, and, in 1093, Metropolitan Simeon restored the great
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Ismaili fortress village in Syria, see
579:("Échos d'Orient", III, 238); which attests to the continuing existence of Christianity in Rasafa.
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The city was lost by the
Byzantines in the 7th century when the Arabs won the final victory at the
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Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla (1935.10.11 – 1937.06.26)
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Titular Bishop Ján Gustíni-Zubrohlavský (1762.05.13 – 1763.11.29)
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449:. A church was built to mark his grave, and the city was renamed
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281:. It is an archaeological site situated southwest of the city of
912:. Histoire. Vol. 146. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 223–240.
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Titular Bishop François-Marie
Kersuzan (1929.02.04 – 1935.07.23)
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Titular Bishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet (1928.03.23 – 1928.11.26)
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describes at length the ramparts and buildings erected there by
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Resafa had no spring or running water, so it depended on large
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Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 2, Part 1
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Sergiopolis's first bishop was appointed shortly after 431 by
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The (arch)diocese of Sergiopolis was nominally restored as a
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Titular Archbishop Basile Khoury (1938.10.15 – 1941.11.21)
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Titular Bishop Gaetano Blandini (1881.05.13 – 1885.02.02)
334:; cuneiform sources give Rasaappa, Rasappa, and Rasapi.
1024:, pp.56-68 . Accessed 31 March 2024 via academia.edu.
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Titular Bishop John Rooney (1886.01.29 – 1927.02.26)
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608:Titular Bishop Adrien-Hyppolyte Languillat (郎懷仁),
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601:Titular Bishop Eugenio Giovanni Battista Cerina,
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749:"De edificiis", II, ix
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