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Furni, Tunisia
Furni, also known as a Furnos Maius and Ain-Fourna, was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis on the Oued Kibira tributary of the Meliane River (about seven miles from Zama). A Donatist bishop of the see assisted at the Council of Carthage (411). The town was made famous by the courage of the martyr Mansuetus of Urusi, who was burned alive, according to Victor of Vita at the gate of Urusi, also known as the gate of Furni. In 305, during the same persecution the basilicas of Furni and Zama had been burned. The diocese was refounded in name at least in the 20th century, as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ... is Aliaksandr Yasheuski. The city is sometimes cited as being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furnos Maius
Furnos was the name of two towns and bishoprics in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa (in present-day Tunisia). They are referred to as Furnos Maior and Furnos Minor, as now as separate Latin Catholic titular sees. Locations * The ruins of Furnos Minor are at Henchir-El-Msaadine, near Tebourba (Ancient bishopric Thuburbo Minus) in modern Tunisia, North Africa * Furnos Maior may have been at what is now Aïn-Fournou or Aïn-Fourna, more distant from Carthage. History Each was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric of the African provincial capital's Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage. The towns and the bishoprics disappeared after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, but their dioceses have been revived as titular sees.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), "Sedi titolari", p. 897 There are records of early bishops of one or other of the two sees. Third-century Geminius died shortly before Saint Cyprian; a Donatist Florentinus att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
