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Helenopolis (Greek: Ἑλενόπολις) 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. It is identified as either modern Daburiyya or with Kfar Kama, both in Israel.

As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in the Annuario Pontificio among titular sees of the Roman Catholic Church. Its last titular bishop was John Francis Hackett.

References

1. Jan Willem Drijvers, Helena Augusta (BRILL, 1992) page 10.
2. F. M. Abel, Géographie de la Palestine (volume 2) (Paris, 1938) pages 205 & 347.
3. Yoram Tsafrir, Leah Di Segni and Judith Green,Tabula Imperii Romani: Judaea, Palaestina (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Jerusalem, 1994) page 142.
4. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 886
5. Helenopolis in Palæstina at GCatholic.com.

• Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
• Archaeological sites in Israel
• Catholic titular sees in Asia
• Holy Land during Byzantine rule
• Helena, mother of Constantine I
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