Haemimontus
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| Province of Haemimontus Provincia Haemimonti ἐπαρχία Αἱμίμοντος |
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| Haemimontus within the Diocese of Thrace c. 400. | |||||
| Capital | Adrianople | ||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||
| • | Diocletian's provincial reforms | c. 293 | |||
| • | Thematic reforms | 640s | |||
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Haemimontus (Greek: ἐπαρχία Αἱμίμοντος) was a late Roman and early Byzantine province, situated in northeastern Thrace. It was subordinate to the Diocese of Thrace and to the praetorian prefecture of the East. Its capital was Adrianople, and it was headed by a praeses. The province was superseded by the Theme of Thrace during the 7th century, but survived as an Orthodox ecclesiastical metropolis until late Byzantine times. It remains a titular See of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Episcopal sees[edit]
Ancient episcopal sees of Haemimontus listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[1]
- Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (Adrianople, now Edirne), the Metropolitan Archbishopric
- Anchialus (Pomorie)
- Brysis (Pınarhisar)
- Bucellus (Matochina)
- Bulgarophygum (Babaeski)
- Deultum (Debelt)
- Mesembria (Nesebar)
- Nicaea Parva (Havsa)
- Plotinopolis (near Didymoteicho)
- Scopelus in Haemimonto (Scupelos, Eski-Bolos-Kalesi)
- Sozopolis in Haemimonto
Honours[edit]
Hemimont Plateau in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the province.
References[edit]
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
Sources[edit]
- Soustal, Peter (1991). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 6: Thrakien (Thrakē, Rodopē und Haimimontos) (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 47–49, 63, 126–128. ISBN 3-7001-1898-8.