Helenopolis () was a town and episcopal see in the former Roman province of Palaestina Secunda, in the Byzantine Empire. It was named for the mother of Constantine the Great, Helena.Jan Willem Drijvers, Helena Augusta (BRILL, 1992) page 10. It is identified as either modern DaburiyyaF. M. Abel, Géographie de la Palestine (volume 2) (Paris, 1938) pages 205 & 347. or with Kfar Kama, both in Israel.Yoram Tsafrir, Leah Di Segni and Judith Green,Tabula Imperii Romani: Judaea, Palaestina (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Jerusalem, 1994) page 142.
As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in the Annuario Pontificio among titular sees of the Roman Catholic Church.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 886 Its last titular bishop was John Francis Hackett.Helenopolis in Palæstina at GCatholic.com.
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