Ptolemais (bishopric)

Ptolemais was a titular bishopric established following the Roman conquest of the then Hellenized city of Ptolemais in Canaan or Ake-Ptolemais (or Akko, Ake, or Akre in the location of the present-day city of Acre, Israel. It was maintained as a titular see across multiple Christian denominations.

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