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Henchir-El-Msaadine
Henchir-El-Msaadine is a Roman empire, Roman era set of ruins near Tebourba(Ancient Thuburbo Minus) in modern Tunisia, North Africa. The site is outside of Tunis. The ruins are tentatively identified as the remains of ''Municipium Aurelium Antoninianum Furnitanorum'' also known as Furnos Minor, a city of Roman North Africa, Africa Proconsularis. Furnos Minus had the rank of a Municipium (city) of Africa Proconsularis and has been identified through inscription, Epigraphic remains The remains of a basilica have been found there, and a bishopric was known to be Furnos Maior and Furnos Minor, based in the city. The town and Furnos Maior and Furnos Minor#Titular see of Furnos Minor, its Bishopric disappeared after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, but the diocese was revived, in name at least, as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church during the 20th century.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), "Sedi titolari", p. 897 References Roman towns and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furnos Minor
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] |
