The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . AhbayesderOrcubnt (Paris, 1909); Heim-BUCHEH, Orden und Kongregationem, I (Paderbom, 1900);Malnory, Quid Luxomensea monachi discipuli S. Columbani adregulam monasteriorum contulerint (Paris, 1895). Urban Butler. Luxor. See Thebes, Diocese of. Lwow. See Lemberg, Diocese of. Lycopolis, a titular see in Thebais Prima, suffraganof Aitinoe. As Siout or Siaout it playeil a minor rolein Egyptian the fall of thesixth dynasty
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . AhbayesderOrcubnt (Paris, 1909); Heim-BUCHEH, Orden und Kongregationem, I (Paderbom, 1900);Malnory, Quid Luxomensea monachi discipuli S. Columbani adregulam monasteriorum contulerint (Paris, 1895). Urban Butler. Luxor. See Thebes, Diocese of. Lwow. See Lemberg, Diocese of. Lycopolis, a titular see in Thebais Prima, suffraganof Aitinoe. As Siout or Siaout it playeil a minor rolein Egyptian the fall of thesixth dynasty, itsprinces, freed fromthe supremacy ofMemphis, bore al-ternately the yoke ofthe kings of or principal objectof worship was thejackal Apouaitou,whence the GreekLycopolis, or city ofthe wolf. It subse-quently became tliecapital of the Princi-pality of Terebint hos,and later of the nomeof that name. Amongthe ancient l)ish(i[)sof Lycopolis (Fe-quien, Oriens Chris-tianus, II, .397)were Alexander, au-thor of a treatiseagainst the Mani-chaeans; M e 1 e t i u s,author of the (Egyp-tian) Meletian schism,and opponent of Peter. •44t1S^« of .Mexandria;who attended the Council of Nieaa in :il2.)It is now the see of a Coptic schismatic the Great threatened to destroy thetown after a fratricidal war, and it was onlyby the intervention of St. John of Lycopolis, oneof its most celebrated citizens. Plotinus, the third-century neo-Platonic philosopher, was born at the Arabs the town was ^•ery prosperous,liecame the capital of Said, and the rendezvousof caravans for r)arfur. It also possessed a flour-ishing slave market. To-day it is the capital of aprovince, numbers 40,000 inhabitants, a few of whomare CatliuUcs, and is chiefly noted for its bazaar, itsArabian cemetery, and its ancient necropolis. .Vmelinead, La pmgraphie <le IEgypte h Irpoque copte (Paris,is9:i), 462-6; Joanne, LEgyple (Paris), ?li2-6 S. Vailhe. Lydda, a t
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