Arindela

Arindela (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίνδηλα) was a town in the late Roman province of Palaestina Salutaris, also called Palaestina Tertia. It corresponds to modern Gharandal, in the region of Tafilah, south Jordan.[1]

Description

The town, situated at 1300 metres above sea level, became prominent in Byzantine times, ranking third among the cities of the province.[1]

Arindela was also a Christian bishopric. One of its bishops, Theodorus, took part in the Council of Ephesus in 431. Another, Macarius, participated in a council held at Jerusalem in 536.[2]

No longer a residential bishopric, Arindela is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[3]

Notes
  1. Alan G. Walmsley and Anthony D. Grey, "An Interim Report on the Pottery from Gharandal (Arindela), Jordan
  2. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 454
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 839
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