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Abidda is the name of an ancient Abidda
at catholic-hierarchy.org.
Abidda is the name of an ancient Roman
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city in the Roman province
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of Africa proconsularis
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or in late antiquity
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in the province of Byzacena
Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
History
At the end of the 3rd century AD, the ...
. The exact location of the town is not known for certain but it was in northern Tunisia; the ruins
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at Henchir-Ksour-Abbeda Dzemda is a locality in Tunisia.
The site is located near Jougan, Tunisia 20 kilometers south west of Zaghouan. The site is notable for ruins from the Roman era. The ruins are considered to be two separate Roman settlements, situated on opposite ...
outside of Semta
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(Dzemda Dzemda is a locality in Tunisia.
The site is located near Jougan, Tunisia 20 kilometers south west of Zaghouan. The site is notable for ruins from the Roman era. The ruins are considered to be two separate Roman settlements, situated on opposite ...
) has been suggested as its location.
Abidda was the seat
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Types of seat
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* Armchair (furniture), ...
of an ancient bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
and remains a titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of the Roman Catholic Church to this day.at catholic-hierarchy.org.
References
{{reflist, 2 Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province)