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ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΚΑΒΑΛΑ
A titular metropolitan see in Macedonia.
As early as the sixth century B. C. we learn of a region called Datos,
overrun by the inhabitants of Thasos,
in which there was an outlying post called Crenides
(the little springs), and a seaport, Neapolis
or Cavala. About 460 B. C. Crenides
and the country lying inland fell into the hands of the Thracians, who doubtless
were its original inhabitants. Philip of Macedonia
took possession of it, and gave it his name. In 168 B. C. the Romans captured
the place.
Although the Church of Philippi was of apostolic origin, it was never
very important; it was a suffragan bishopric of Thessalonica.
Towards the end of the ninth century it ranked as a metropolitan see and had six
suffragan dioceses; in the fifteenth century it had only one, the See of Eleutheropolis.
The Archdiocese of Cavala
was reunited to the metropolis in December 1616. In 1619, after a violent dispute
with the Metropolitan of Drama,
Clement, the titular of Philippi, got permission to assume the title of Drama
also, and this was retained by the Metropolitan of Philippi until after 1721,
when it was suppressed and the metropolis of Drama
alone continued.
S. Vailhe, ed.
Transcribed by: Douglas J. Potter
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
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