Polystylum
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Polystylum is a Catholic titular see
. The original diocese was in Macedonia Secunda, a suffragan of Philippi
. The see corresponds to modern Bouloustra.
mentions it among the suffragans of the Latin Archdiocese of Philippi.
In 1363 the Greek bishop Peter became Metropolitan of Christopolis and the see was united to the Archdiocese of Maronia. About the same time the city was restored and fortified by the Emperor Cantacuzenus. Cantacuzenus says that Polystylum was the ancient Abdera
; this statement also occurs in a Byzantine list of names of cities published by Parthey. This is not absolutely correct: Polystylum is Bouloustra in the region of Salonica, situated in the interior of the country north of where the ruins of Abdera are found. This approximate identification does account for the way that the see of Abdera is placed among the titular sees, although such a residential see never existed.
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The original diocese was in Macedonia Secunda, a suffragan of Philippi
Philippi
Philippi was a city in eastern Macedonia, established by Philip II in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest...
. The see corresponds to modern Bouloustra.
Overview
When Philippi was made a metropolitan see Polystylum was one of its suffragans. It figures as such in: the Notitiæ episcopatuum of Leo the Wise about 901-7 ; the Nova Tactica about 940; "Notices" 3 and 10 of Parthey, which belong to the thirteenth century. In 1212 Pope Innocent IIIPope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III was Pope from 8 January 1198 until his death. His birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni....
mentions it among the suffragans of the Latin Archdiocese of Philippi.
In 1363 the Greek bishop Peter became Metropolitan of Christopolis and the see was united to the Archdiocese of Maronia. About the same time the city was restored and fortified by the Emperor Cantacuzenus. Cantacuzenus says that Polystylum was the ancient Abdera
Abdera, Thrace
Abdera was a city-state on the coast of Thrace 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos. The site now lies in the Xanthi peripheral unit of modern Greece. The municipality of Abdera, or Ávdira , has 18,573 inhabitants...
; this statement also occurs in a Byzantine list of names of cities published by Parthey. This is not absolutely correct: Polystylum is Bouloustra in the region of Salonica, situated in the interior of the country north of where the ruins of Abdera are found. This approximate identification does account for the way that the see of Abdera is placed among the titular sees, although such a residential see never existed.