Casius (see)

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Casius was a residential episcopal see in the Roman province of Augustamnica Prima in Lower Egypt, and is now a titular see of the Catholic Church.[1]

The article about it in the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1908 calls the see "Casium",[2] but the official yearbook of the Holy See gives "Casius" as the Latin form (and "Casio" in Italian).[1]

Location[]

The city that gave its name to the see was not far from Pelusium, and close to the sandhills known to Greek geographers as Kasion Oros, today Ras Kouroun, El-Katieh, or El-Kas. Its ruins are at Mahemdiah.

A temple of Zeus Kasios, the Aramean god Qasiou, was at the city. Pompey was murdered nearby and was buried there.

Bishops[]

The town is mentioned in Georgius Cyprius, Hierocles's Synecdemos (727, 2), and 's Notitia Prima, about 840, as a bishopric depending on Pelusium.

Only one bishop is known, Lampetius, present at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Saint Cyril of Alexandria sent him, together with Hermogenes, , to Rome, where both were present at the consecration of Pope Sixtus III. Many letters of Isidore of Pelusium are addressed to him.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 860
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sophrone Pétridès, "Casium" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)

Coordinates: 31°13′05″N 33°04′40″E / 31.21806°N 33.07778°E / 31.21806; 33.07778

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