Arabissus (titular see)
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Arabissus (Italian Arabisso) is a Catholic titular see. Historically a diocese of Armenia, suffragan of Melitene, it corresponds to present-day Afşin, formerly Yarpuz, in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[1]
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Bishops [edit]
Its episcopal list is known from 381 to 692.[2] Titulars include Stephen Peter Alencastre (1924–1940).
Notes [edit]
- ^ Titular Sees ('A')
- ^ Gams, p. 441.
References [edit]
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Arabissus". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Le Quien, Oriens Christianus (1740), I, 449-450
