Bible reference Jerome identified Maximianopolis with the
Hadad-rimmon of – : The mention of the Hadad-rimmon mourning may be a reference to pagan worship ceremonies or to an event such as the death of
Josiah, mortally wounded in the
Battle of Megiddo (609 BC).
Episcopal see Maximianopolis in Palaestina was also a
seat of a bishop in the province of
Palestina II. In the time of the so-called
Pilgrim of Bordeaux and of
Jerome, the town already bore the name of Maximianopolis. The camp of the
Legio VI Ferrata was within the same Catholic see, at a place that was known as
Legio. In the
Latin version of an episcopal
Notitia Episcopatuum, probably of the 11th century, the name "Legionum" is given to what in the original
Greek text is Maximianopolis. Legio became
Lajjun, currently the site of
Kibbutz Meggido, closer than Maximianopolis to
Megiddo. Only three of its residential bishops are known: • Paul, in 325 • Megas, in 518 • Domnus, in 536
Titular see The ancient episcopal see is now included, under the name Maximianopolis in Palaestina, in the list of
titular sees of the
Roman Catholic Church given in the
Annuario Pontificio. • Gaetano Mantegazza, B. † (25 Jun 1778 Appointed – 1793) • Alexander Cameron † (19 Sep 1797 Appointed – 7 Feb 1828) • Kajetan von Kowalski † (15 Apr 1833 Appointed – 13 Jan 1840) • William Walsh † (15 Feb 1842 Appointed – 27 Sep 1844) • Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed – 30 May 1875) • Ferdinand Maria Ossi,
OCD † (3 Apr 1883 Appointed – 14 Dec 1886) • John Hutchinson,
OSA † (13 May 1887 Appointed – 28 Oct 1897) • Auguste François Louis Grimault,
CSSp † (24 Jan 1927 Appointed – 18 Jun 1980) ==See also==