Eguga was a '' civitas'' in Africa Proconsulare during the

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. It was located in present-day

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. The city was also the seat of an ancient

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. Eguga was a suffragan of the

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. The only bishop mentioned by the sources was Florencio, who took part in the antimonothelite Council of Carthage in 646. Today Eguga survives as a

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ric the current bishop being

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, of

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.Eguga
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References

{{reflist, 2 Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Roman towns and cities in Tunisia