(KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS).
(KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS).
A sede titular de Osrhoene. Fundada sob Diocleciano e restaurada por Justiniano, agora está identificada com a vila de Abu Serai, na margem esquerda do Eufrates, na confluência do Khabur, onde o rio era comumente atravessado. A antiga cidade, no entanto, havia substituído uma ainda mais antiga, chamada Sirhi em textos assírios. Benjamin de Tudela e muitos outros após ele identificaram-na erroneamente com Kharkamis (Carchamish), uma das capitais dos hititas, situada em Jirbas, ou Jerablus, o nome atual de Europos, ou Oropos. Circesium era um bispado em Osrhoene, sufragâneo de Edessa, aparecendo apenas na "Notitiæ episcopatuum" de Parthey (c. 840). Lequien (II, 977) menciona cinco bispos: Jonas, que estava presente em Nicéia, e havia sofrido mutilação durante a perseguição anterior; Abramius, presente em Calcedônia; Nonnus, um severiano (518 e 532); Davides, presente em Constantinopla (536); Thomas (553). Também há registros de quatorze bispos jacobitas, de 793 a 1042.
A titular see of Osrhoene. Founded under Diocletian and restored by Justinian, it is now identified with the village Abu Serai, on the left bank of the Euphrates, at the confluence of the Khabur, where the river was commonly crossed. The ancient city, however, had replaced a still older one, called Sirhi in Assyrian texts. Benjamin of Tudela and many after him identified it wrongly with Kharkamis (Carchamish), one of the capitals of the Hittites, situated at Jirbas, or Jerablus, the present name of Europos, or Oropos. Circesium was a bishopric in Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa, it figures only in Parthey's "Notitiæ episcopatuum" (c. 840). Lequien (II, 977) mentions five bishops: Jonas, who was present at Nicæa, and had suffered mutilation during the preceding persecution; Abramius, present at Chalcedon; Nonnus, a Severian (518 and 532); Davides, present at Constantinople (536); Thomas (553). There are also records of fourteen Jacobite bishops, from 793 to 1042.
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- RAWLINSON, The Five Great Monarchies (4ª ed., Londres, 1879), II, 67
- MASPERO, De Charchemis oppidi situ et historiâ antiquissimâ, 14 sq.
- NÖLDEKE, Götting. Nachricht. (jan., 1876), nn. 11, 13, 15
- CHABOT in Revue de l'Orient chrétien, VI, 194.
- RAWLINSON, The Five Great Monarchies (4th ed., London, 1879), II, 67
- MASPERO, De Charchemis oppidi situ et historiâ antiquissimâ, 14 sq.
- NÖLDEKE, Götting. Nachricht. (Jan., 1876), nn. 11, 13, 15
- CHABOT in Revue de l'Orient chrétien, VI, 194.