Forontoniana
Forontoniana was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity.[1] The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia.[2]
Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3][4] The only known bishop of this diocese was Felix, who took part in the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric, after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a titular bishopric though the seat is currently vacant.[5]
Known Bishops
[edit]- Felix (mentioned in 484) [6]
- Luigi Poggi (1965–1994)
- Pierfranco Shepherd (1994–2015)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (W. Straker, 1840) p231.
- ^ Forontoniana at .gcatholic.org
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 161.
- ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Notitia Byzacena, 08.
- ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org