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Busiris (Greek : Βούσιρις Aphroditopolis was an ancient city of Middle Egypt , in the Aphroditopolite nome , on the west bank of the Nile , southwest of Aphroditopolis (the modern city of Atfih ).
Location
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Aphroditopolis is located 38 miles upstream from Cairo , near the ruins of Memphis, Egypt . All that remains of the city is mounds and ruins, which were excavated by Matthew Flinders Petrie .
History
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The city was known as Tpyhwt during pharaonic times, Βούσιρις (Busiris) in Hellenistic times, Aphroditopolis during the Byzantine and Roman Empires , Petpeh in Coptic , and since the Islamic conquest as Atfih .
Under the Ptolemaic dynasty was the seat of the Aphroditopolis Nome [1] Romans was also seat of former bishopric , in Roman province Arcadia Aegypti .
Known bishops include:
Chysaorius of Aphroditopolis[2]
Issac of Aphroditopolis[3]
Jacob, Bishop of Aphroditopolis fl. 1020s[4]
Father Zosima el-Antony[5]
It remains today a vacant titular see .[6]
References
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^ Jill Kamil, Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church (Routledge, 24 May 2013) p261 .
^ (Latin) Naqlun excavations 1995 Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine .
^ First new bishops consecrated by Pope Tawadros .
^ Aphroditopolis at GCatholic.org.
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 3 M a r c h 2 0 2 3 , a t 1 6 : 2 8 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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