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==Known Bishops== |
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*Felix (mentioned in 484) |
*Felix (mentioned in 484) <ref>[[Notitia Byzacena]], 08.</ref> |
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*[[Luigi Poggi]] (1965 - 1994) |
*[[Luigi Poggi]] (1965 - 1994) |
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*[[Pierfranco Shepherd]] (1994 - 2015)<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2f33.html La sede titolare] nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org </ref> |
*[[Pierfranco Shepherd]] (1994 - 2015)<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2f33.html La sede titolare] nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org </ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 07:46, 14 August 2017
Forontoniana was a Roman Town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity. [1]The town has tentitivly 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 called by the Vandal king Huneric in 484 , after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a titular bishopric though the seat is currently vacant. [5]
Known Bishops
- Felix (mentioned in 484) [6]
- Luigi Poggi (1965 - 1994)
- Pierfranco Shepherd (1994 - 2015)[7]
References
- ^ 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