of this tactical ordinance as from a canon, or, to be more truthful, as from the imperial decree, to act without dispute. We ought to have attached this order of priests to the treatises composed concerning the sees, as it especially bears the honors of the first summons. But lest some surfeit of words should afflict the readers, and the senatorial order, joined with the priestly order, should create obscurity for the uninitiated through the names, we have already formally indicated this in the order of the magistri, patricii, praepositi, and generals. But now, wishing to show specifically the proper order of the proper summons and precedence of the eparchies and metropolitans, autocephalous archbishops and subordinate bishops, we were eager to compose a special treatise. For things spoken of specifically provide clear instruction; but things somehow woven together in pairs often cause obscurity for those who encounter them. By the concatenation of each eparchy, having set forth the 791 metropolises, we have listed for each metropolitan the fitting place of his see, and then thus we set forth the autocephalous archbishops according to the second rank after the metropolitans, and after these we have indicated the cities and bishoprics subordinated to each eparchy and metropolis, taking our starting points not only from our own invitation lists, but also having gathered most things from the writings of the divine Epiphanius, archbishop of Cyprus, so that you, being appointed to such a ministry of the banquets, may not err in any way in this part, but also in military campaigns when the ecumenical patriarch is not present, or by chance in another place, having the experience of the sees through this writing, you may conduct the honorable invitations of our holy emperors without stumbling and blamelessly. CHAPTER 54. Exposition of the first summonses of both patriarchs and metropolitans, by Epiphanius, archbishop of Cyprus. The patriarch of Rome; the patriarch of Constantinople; the patriarch of Alexandria; the patriarch of Antioch; the patriarch of Jerusalem. 792 Summons of metropolitans. Of the eparchy of Cappadocia, of Caesarea 1st. 2nd, of the eparchy of Asia, of Ephesus; 3rd, of the eparchy of Europe, of Heraclea; 4th, of the eparchy of Galatia Thrace, of Ancyra; 5th, of the eparchy of Hellespont, of Cyzicus; 6th, of the eparchy of Lydia, of Sardis; 7th, of the eparchy of Bithynia, of Nicomedia; 8th, of the same eparchy, of Nicaea; 9th, of the same eparchy, of Chalcedon; 10th, of the eparchy of Pamphylia, of Side; 11th, of the eparchy of Armenia II, of Sebasteia; 12th, of the eparchy of Helenopontus, of Amasea; 13th, of the eparchy of Armenia I, of Melitene; 14th, of the eparchy of Cappadocia II, of Tyana; 15th, of the eparchy of Paphlagonia, of Gangra; 16th, of the eparchy of Honorius, of Claudiopolis; 17th, of the eparchy of Pontus, of Neocaesarea; 18th, of the eparchy of Galatia II, of Pessinus; 19th, of the eparchy of Lycia, of Myra; 20th, of the eparchy of Caria, of Stauropolis; 21st, of the eparchy of Phrygia, of Laodicea; 22nd, of the eparchy of Phrygia Salutaris, of Synnada; 23rd, of the eparchy of Lycaonia, of Iconium; 24th, of the eparchy of Pisidia, of Antioch; 25th, of the eparchy of Pamphylia, of Perge; 26th, of the eparchy of Cappadocia II, of Mocissus; 27th, of the eparchy 793 of Lazica, of Phasis; 28th, of the eparchy of Thrace, of Philippopolis; 29th, of the eparchy of Europe, of Trajanopolis; 30th, of the eparchy of the Cyclades islands, of Rhodes; 31st, of the eparchy of Haemimontus, of Hadrianopolis; 32nd, of the same eparchy, of Marcianopolis; 33rd, of the eparchy of Phrygia Capatiana, of Hierapolis. Concerning the autocephalous archbishops. 1st, of the eparchy of Moesia, of Odessus; 2nd, of the eparchy of Scythia, of Tomis; 3rd, of the eparchy of Europe, of Bizye; 4th, of the eparchy of Paphlagonia, of Pompeiopolis; 5th, of the eparchy of Asia, of Smyrna; 6th, of the eparchy of Isauria, of Leontopolis; 7th, of the eparchy of Rhodope, of Maroneia; 8th, of the eparchy of Bithynia, of Apamea; 9th, of the eparchy of Rhodope, of Maximianopolis; 10th, of the eparchy of Galatia II, of Germia; 11th, of the eparchy of Europe, of Arcadiopolis; 12th, of the eparchy of Thrace, of Beroe; 13th, of the eparchy of the island of Lesbos, of Mytilene; 14th, of the eparchy of Hellespont, of Parion; 15th, of the eparchy of Caria, of Miletus; 16th, of the eparchy of Thrace, of Nicopolis; 17th, of the eparchy of the island, of Proconnesus; 18th, of the eparchy of Rhodope, of Anchialus; 19th, of the eparchy of Europe, of Selymbria; 20th, of the eparchy of the island of Lesbos, of Methymna; 21st, of the eparchy of Bithynia, of Cius; 22nd, 794 of the eparchy of Europe, of Aprus; 23rd, of the eparchy of Rhodope, of Cypsela; 24th, of the eparchy of Zichia, of Cherson; 25th, of the eparchy of Zichia, of Bosporus; 26th, of the same eparchy, of Nikopsis; 27th, of the eparchy of Isauria, of Cotradon; 28th, of the eparchy

τοῦδε τοῦ τακτικοῦ παραγγέλματος ὡς ἀπὸ κανόνος, ἢ, τό γε ἀληθέστερον, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ θεσπίσματος, ἀναμφισβήτως ἐνεργεῖν. ἔδει μὲν ἡμᾶς τοῖς συνταχθεῖσιν περὶ καθεδρῶν λόγοις καὶ τήνδε τὴν τῶν ἱερατικῶν ἐπισυνάψαι τάξιν, ὡς ἅτε μᾶλλον τὰ πρέσβεια τῆς πρωτοκλησίας φέρουσαν. ἀλλ' ἵνα μή τις κόρος λόγου τοῖς ἀναγινώσκουσιν περιστῇ, καὶ ἡ συγκλητικὴ τάξις σὺν τῇ ἱερατικῇ συναφθεῖσα ἀσάφειαν τοῖς εἰσαγομένοις διὰ τῶν ὀνομάτων ποιήσει, ταύτην τυπικῶς μὲν ἤδη ἐπὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν μαγίστρων, πατρικίων, πραιποσίτων καὶ στρατηγῶν προεσημάναμεν. νυνὶ δὲ τῆς περὶ τούτων κυριοκλησίας καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας τῶν τε ἐπαρχιῶν καὶ μητροπολιτῶν, ἀρχιεπισκόπων αὐτοκεφάλων καὶ ἐπισκόπων ὑποτεταγμένων τὴν ἁρμόζουσαν τάξιν εἰδικῶς ἐμφανῆσαι βουλόμενοι, εἰδικήν τινα καὶ τὴν πραγματείαν συγγράψαι προεθυμήθημεν. τὰ γὰρ εἰδικῶς ὄντως λεγόμενα σαφῆ τὴν διδασκαλίαν παρέχει· τὰ δὲ πῶς ἐν συζυγίαις πεπλεγμένα ἀσάφειαν πολλάκις τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσι προξενεῖ. διὰ καθηρμὸν ἑκάστης ἐπαρχίας τὰς 791 μητροπόλεις ἐκθέμενοι, τῷ ἑκάστῳ μητροπολίτῃ ἁρμόζοντι τόπῳ τῆς καθέδρας διεστιχήσαμεν, καὶ εἶθ' οὕτως τὰς τῶν αὐτοκεφάλων ἀρχιεπισκόπων κατὰ τάξιν δευτέραν οὖσαν ἀπὸ τῶν μητροπολιτῶν ἐξεθέμεθα, μετὰ δὲ τούτοις τῇ ἑκάστῃ ἐπαρχίᾳ καὶ μητροπόλει ὑποτεταγμένας πόλεις καὶ ἐπισκοπὰς ἐδηλώσαμεν, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς κλητωρολογίων μόνον τὰς ἀφορμὰς ἐκλαβόμενοι, ἀλλά γε καὶ ἐκ τῶν τοῦ θεσπεσίου Ἐπιφανίου τοῦ ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου συγγραφῆς τὰ πλεῖστα ἀναλεξάμενοι, ἵν' ὑμεῖς ἐν τῇ τοιαύτῃ διακονίᾳ τῶν ἀρτοκλινῶν τυγχάνοντες τεταγμένοι, μὴ δὲ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέρει τι διαμάρτητε, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν φωσάτοις μὴ παρόντος τοῦ οἰκουμενικοῦ πατριάρχου, τύχῃ καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ, τὴν πεῖραν τῶν καθεδρῶν διὰ τοῦ συγγράμματος ἔχοντα ἄπταιστα καὶ ἀμώμητα τὰ τίμια κλητώρια τῶν βασιλέων ἡμῶν τῶν ἁγίων εἰσάγετε. ΚΕΦ. νδʹ. Ἐπιφανίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου ἔκθεσις πρωτοκλησιῶν πατριαρχῶν τε καὶ μητροπολιτῶν. Ὁ πατριάρχης Ῥώμης· ὁ πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως· ὁ πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείας· ὁ πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας· ὁ πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. 792 Κλῆσις μητροπολιτῶν. Ἐπαρχίας Καππαδοκίας ὁ Καισαρείας αʹ. βʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἀσίας ὁ Ἐφέσου· γʹ, ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Ἡρακλείας· δʹ,ἐπαρχίας Γαλατίας Θρᾴκης ὁ Ἀγκύρας· εʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἑλλησπόντου ὁ Κυζίκου· ϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας Λυδίας ὁ Σάρδεων· ζʹ, ἐπαρχίας Βιθυνίας ὁ Νικομηδείας· ηʹ, ἐπαρχίας τῆς αὐτῆς ὁ Νικαίας· θʹ, ἐπαρχίας τῆς αὐτῆς ὁ Χαλκηδῶνος· ιʹ, ἐπαρχίας Παμφυλίας ὁ Σίδης· ιαʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἀρμενίας βʹ ὁ Σεβαστείας· ιβʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἑλενοπόντου ὁ Ἀμασίας· ιγʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἀρμενίας αʹ ὁ Μελιτίνης· ιδʹ, ἐπαρχίας Καππαδοκίας βʹ ὁ Τυανῶν· ιεʹ, ἐπαρχίας Παφλαγωνίας ὁ Γαγγρῶν· ιϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ὁνοριάδος ὁ Κλαυδιουπόλεως· ιζʹ, ἐπαρχίας Πόντου ὁ Νεοκαισαρείας· ιηʹ, ἐπαρχίας Γαλατίας βʹ ὁ Πισινοῦντος· ιθʹ, ἐπαρχίας Λυκίας ὁ Μύρων· κʹ, ἐπαρχίας Καρύας ὁ Ταυρουπόλεως· καʹ, ἐπαρχίας Φρυγίας ὁ Λαοδικίας· κβʹ, ἐπαρχίας Φρυγίας Σαλουταρίας ὁ Συνάδων· κγʹ, ἐπαρχίας Λυκαονίας ὁ τοῦ Εἰκωνίου· κδʹ, ἐπαρχίας Πισιδίας ὁ Ἀντιοχείας· κεʹ, ἐπαρχίας Παμφυλίας ὁ Πέργης· κϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας Καππαδοκίας βʹ ὁ Μωκησοῦ· κζʹ, ἐπαρχίας 793 Λαζικῆς ὁ τοῦ Φάσιδος· κηʹ, ἐπαρχίας Θρᾴκης ὁ Φιλιππουπόλεως· κθʹ, ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Τραϊανουπόλεως· λʹ, ἐπαρχίας νήσων Κυκλάδων ὁ Ῥώδου· λαʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἑμημόντου ὁ Ἁδριανουπόλεως· λβʹ, ἐπαρχίας τῆς αὐτῆς ὁ Μαρκιανουπόλεως· λγʹ, ἐπαρχίας Φρυγίας Καπατιανῆς ὁ Ἱεραπόλεως. Περὶ τῶν αὐτοκεφάλων ἀρχιεπισκόπων. Αʹ, ἐπαρχίας Μυσίας ὁ Ὠδύσου· βʹ, ἐπαρχίας Σκυθίας ὁ Τομῆς· γʹ, ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Βιζύης· δʹ, ἐπαρχίας Παφλαγωνίας ὁ Πομπιουπόλεως· εʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἀσίας ὁ Σμύρνης· ϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἰσαυρίας ὁ Λεοντοπόλεως· ζʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ῥωδόπης ὁ Μαρωνίας· ηʹ, ἐπαρχίας Βιθυνίας ὁ Ἀπαμίας· θʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ῥωδόπης ὁ Μαξιμιανουπόλεως· ιʹ, ἐπαρχίας Γαλατίας βʹ ὁ τῶν Γερμίων· ιαʹ, ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Ἀρκαδιουπόλεως· ιβʹ, ἐπαρχίας Θρᾴκης ὁ Βερωνῆς· ιγʹ, ἐπαρχίας νήσου Λέσβου ὁ Μιτυλήνης· ιδʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἑλλησπόντου ὁ τοῦ Παρίου· ιεʹ, ἐπαρχίας Καρύας ὁ Μελήτου· ιϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας Θρᾴκης ὁ Νικοπόλεως· ιζʹ, ἐπαρχίας νήσου ὁ Προικονήσου· ιηʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ῥωδόπης ὁ Ἀγχιάλου· ιθʹ, ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Συλυβρίας· κʹ, ἐπαρχίας νήσου Λέσβου ὁ Μεθύμνης· καʹ, ἐπαρχίας Βιθυνίας ὁ Κίου· κβʹ, 794 ἐπαρχίας Εὐρώπης ὁ Ἄπρων· κγʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ῥωδόπης ὁ Κυμψάλων· κδʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ζηχίας ὁ Χερσῶνος· κεʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ζηχίας ὁ Βοσπόρου· κϛʹ, ἐπαρχίας τῆς αὐτῆς ὁ Νικόψεως· κζʹ, ἐπαρχίας Ἰσαυρίας ὁ Κοτράδων· κηʹ, ἐπαρχίας