Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Bulnensis also known as Bulna is a

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of the

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ascribed to the

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of Africa Proconsularis, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. Very little is known of the ancient

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. The bishopric is mentioned by Optatus of MileviSaints Zeno and Optatus, the first at Verona, the works of all the bishops of the other Milevi: Optatus (Milevitanus.) (Vrayet, 1845). who lists the bishop Victor with the Proconsularis bishops at a council of 646. No other bishops are known to us and even the location of Bulna is not known, though doubtless it was in

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Catholic titular sees in Africa Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province) {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub