Marmaritzana
Marmaritzana(Greek:Μαρμαριτζάνα) was a medievalByzantinecity and bishopric inCentral Greece.
The exact site of the city is unknown, except that it lay in the upper valley of theSpercheios River,west of Neopatras (modernYpati).[1]The city is mostly unknown except for the fact that it was anepiscopal seeattested at least since the time ofByzantine emperorLeo VI the Wise(r. 886–912) until the 13th century. It was the onlysuffraganof themetropolitan seeof Neopatras.[1]It may be identical with the see of Marmaritzion, mentioned in a singleNotitia Episcopatuumof the 11th century as asuffraganof theMetropolis of Larissa.[1]
Following theFourth Crusade,the episcopal lists of theRoman Catholic Churchincluded it asValacensisorLavacensis,but the see probably remained vacant, whether by Greek Orthodox or by Latin Catholic bishops, from the early 13th century on.[1]The see remains atitular bishopricof the Catholic Church[2]since its nominal restoration in 1933, as "Marmarizana". It is long vacant, having had a single incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank: Thomas O’Beirne (1739.08.26 – 1739.09.16), laterCoadjutor BishopofArdagh(Ireland) (1739.08.26 – 1739.09.16), succeeding as Bishop of Ardagh (1739.09.16 – 1747.01).
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Koder, Johannes; Hild, Friedrich (1976).Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia(in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.ISBN3-7001-0182-1.
- GCatholic, with titular incumbent bio links