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Antipyrgos (titular see)

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Map of the Diocese of Egypt in antiquity

The diocese of Antipirgo (Latin: Dioecesis Antipyrgensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[1] The Roman town of Antipirgo, is identifiable with Tobruch in today's Libya, but during the Roman Empire it was in the Roman province of Creta and Cyrene and then in late antiquity Libya Inferior (Marmarica), and the bishopric was suffraged by the archdiocese of Darni.

Of this ancient diocese is known only one bishop, Emiliano, who was among the attendee at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553.[2] Today Antipirgo survives as a titular bishopric, and the seat is vacant since March 6, 1969.[3]

Known Bishops

References

  1. ^ Entry at catholic-hierarchy.org
  2. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris, 1740), Vol.II, coll. 633-634.
  3. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013) ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1, p. 834.
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