The Diocese of Zagylis is the titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church,[1] established in 1933 by Pope Pius XI, named after the ancient city of Zagylis in present-day Libya.[2]

Map of the Diocese of Egypt in antiquity

This city was in the Roman province of Libya Inferior.[3] Since the foundation, the diocese had no titular bishop.[4]

The diocese re-establishes an ancient bishopric that flourished in the Roman Empire.[5] Three bishops from antiquity are known.[6]

  1. Filocalo (fl.449)
  2. Massimo (fl.457)
  3. Giovanni (fl.480 circa)

References

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  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  2. ^ GCatholic
  3. ^ Zagylis at Catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. ^ Zagylis at www.gcatholic.org
  5. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 462.
  6. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris, 1740), vol.II, coll. 635-636