title: Augustopolis in Palaestina
text: # Augustopolis in Palaestina
  
  Augustopolis in Palaestina was a city in the Roman province of Palaestina Tertia, whose capital was Petra. It corresponds to the site of Adhruh in modern-day Jordan.
  
  ## Description
  
  It was also a Christian bishopric. There are documentary records of two of its bishops. One named John took part in the Council of Ephesus of 431. Another of the same name was a signatory of the acts of the council called by Patriarch Peter of Jerusalem in 536 against Patriarch Anthimus I of Alexandria, a council attended by bishops of Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Tertia.
  
  No longer a residential bishopric, Augustopolis in Palaestina is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
  
  