Nisibis (disambiguation)

Nisibis may refer to :

  • the Classic Greek name of Nusaybin (or Nizib), a presently Asian Turkish city on the Syrian border, which was an archbishopric in Mesopotamia Prima
  • its various Catholic successor sees, all titular archbishoprics :
    • Nisibis of the Romans (Latin Rite)
    • Nisibis of the Armenians (Armenian Rite)
    • Nisibis of the Chaldeans (East Syriac Rite)
    • Nisibis of the Maronites (Byzantine Rite)
  • the former Ecclesiastical province of Nisibis of the Church of the East

See also

  • Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké–Nisibi (where Nisibis is merely an added second title)
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