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appointment in the Church of
Constantinople until 1885, when it was assigned to the Metropolis of Ainos (full title "Ainos, Trajanopolis, and Dede-Agatch"). From 1922, with the establishment of the Metropolis of Alexandroupolis within the modern Greek state, the title passed to it; the full title of
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The city was largely destroyed and abandoned after the raids of the 1320s, so that in 1347, the metropolitan moved his residence to
Mosynopolis. In 1353, the incumbent metropolitan was assigned the Metropolis of Peritheorion as well. Following the Ottoman conquest shortly after, in 1365 the
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442:(r. 527–565) the city walls were repaired. The city remained the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of Rhodope until its decline in the 14th century, but ceased being a provincial capital with the rise of the
500:, erected their camp on the site in the winter of 1343/44, the city had lain destroyed and abandoned for several years. In 1347, the local metropolitan was therefore allowed to reside in
492:, the Greek Orthodox see was restored; in 1260, John Kondoumnes was named as its bishop. The area was ravaged by Bulgarian raids in 1322 and by Turkish raids in 1329/30. By the time
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A bishop
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assumed direct control over its revenues in 1310–14, and in 1315 the vacant see was granted for life to
Patriarch
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The sole use of the site after the city's abandonment was as a way-station, and in ca. 1375/85, the
Ottoman
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in 879, and George in the council of 997. John, Metropolitan of
Anastasiopolis, was also administrator (
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Traianoupolis is attested in an 11th-century seal. In autumn 1077, the troops of the rebel general
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Traianoupoli was also the name of a municipality which existed between 1997 and 2011 following the
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is known to have been assigned fiefs in the area. In 1205 or 1207, the town was destroyed by Tsar
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Archbishop Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona (later Cardinal) (1749-01-20 – 1752-09-25)
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Trajanopolis in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Alexandroupolis is "Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Trajanopolis and
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Titular Archbishop Nicolò Paolo Andrea Coscia (later Cardinal) (1724-06-26 – 1725-06-11)
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is an impressive baths building of the Roman period, renovated by the Ottoman
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The municipal unit Traianoupoli is subdivided into the following communities (
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Titular Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen (1819-12-17 – 1821-10-20)
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Titular Archbishop Benedict Planchet, S.J. (1853-06-04 – 1859-09-19)
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Titular Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero (1923-02-05 – 1928-01-02)
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Titular Archbishop Augusto Giuseppe Duc (1907-12-19 – 1922-12-14)
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Titular Archbishop Deodat Bogdan Nersesowicz (1701-07-18 – 1709)
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Titular Bishop Claudio de Villagómez (1684-04-24 – 1685-11-04?)
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Titular Archbishop Pietro de Carolis (1729-09-07 – 1744-11-27)
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Titular Archbishop Mario Zanin (蔡寧) (1933-11-28 – 1958-08-04)
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in 451, John in the church council of 459, Eleusinius in the
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Titular Archbishop Giacinto Gaggia (1930-03-29 – 1933-04-15)
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Titular Archbishop Fabio Berdini (1928-03-02 – 1930-03-22)
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Titular Archbishop Carlo Pignatelli (1725-07-23 – ?)
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Titular Archbishop Giuseppe Carrano (1801-07-20 – 1819?)
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by 1365, and in 1371 the see was supplanted by that of
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The ruins of four baths of the Roman and Ottoman period
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The title of Metropolitan of Trajanopolis remained a
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967:(in Greek). Metropolis of Alexandroupolis
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373:Doriko (Doriko, Aetochori)
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931:Soustal, Peter (1991).
712:Traianopolis in Rhodope
708:Trajanopolis in Rhodope
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832:Traianopolis (Phrygia)
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792:Franciscans
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680:hypertimos
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220:Population
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242:Time zone
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821:See also
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607:Topeiros
591:Maroneia
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479:Crusader
438:. Under
417:Doriscus
1260:Loutros
1252:Antheia
1221:Kavisos
939:482–484
748:Jesuits
671:titular
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