Drizipara (Greek: Δριζιπάρα), also known as Druzipara, Drousipara, Drusipara;[1] now Büyükkarıştıran/Büyükkarıştıran'[2] in Lüleburgaz district, was a city and a residential episcopal see in the Roman province of Europa in the civil diocese of Thrace.
The city was described in 1432 Bertrandon of Broquière and in 1453 the wife of Grand Duke Loukas Notaras died there,[10] In the 16th century Sultan Bajazet II rebuilt a new city, Büyük Karistiran, a few kilometers to the west, which quickly supplanted Drizipara which dwindled.
At first it was a suffragan of Heraclia[13] but in the eighth and ninth centuries became an independent archbishopric, which was only suppressed during the Bulgarian invasions.
[14] The Notitia Episcopatuum of Byzantine Emperior Leo VI the Wise (886-912) ranks it 20th among the 49 sees listed; and it appears as 23rd of 51 in that of John I Tzimiskes (925–976), 14th of 44 in that of Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282), 12th of 26 in that of Andronicus III (1328–1341).
In all these Notitiae Episcopatuum the name of the see appears as Mesene (Misini in modern Greek pronunciation).