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Diocese of Oriens (Byzantium)
Author(s) : Giftopoulou Sofia (15/3/2005)Translation : Velentzas Georgios
For citation: Giftopoulou Sofia, "Diocese of Oriens (Byzantium)",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia MinorURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=7241>
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The Diocese of Oriens, being part of the prefecture of Oriens (praefectura praetorio per Orientem), was established in 314 in the southern and southeastern territories of the Roman Empire, while after 359 it was divided into seventeen provinces, most of which fell in Arabs' hands in the 7th century. The mint of the diocese was in Antioch-on-the-Orontes, the administrative centre of the diocese. The head of the diocese was the comes Orientis, who was later replaced by the comes of Isauria (535-553). Three Patriarchates (of Constantinople, of Jerusalem and of Antioch) had ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the region. As an administrative subdivision, the Diocese of Oriens was abolished in the 7th century.
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Prefecture of Oriens
Historical Region
Asia Minor, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt
Geographical Location
Southern and southeastern Asia Minor - western Near East - northeastern Africa
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Oriens
1. Diocese of Oriens
2. The Provinces of the Diocese of Oriens
3. The Comes Orientis
4. Cities, Population and Culture
5. The Dissolution of the Diocese of Oriens
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