Cusae (; )
Roman Period
During the 5th century, the city was the settlement of Legio II Flavia Constantia.
Bishopric
The bishopric of Cusae was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Antinoë, capital of the Roman province of Thebaid I. Achilles (or Achilleus) was ordained bishop of the see by Meletius of Lycopolis. Another, Elias, was of the 4th or 5th centuries. Theonas took part in the Second Council of Constantinople (553). Later bishops took the non-Chalcedonian side, the first of them being Gregorius, who assisted Pope John II (III) of Alexandria on his deathbed.
No longer a residential bishopric, Cusae is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
See also
- List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities