Henchir-El-Meden is a locality and archaeological site in
Tunisia.
History
During
antiquity
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The city was a
municipium of the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsularis called ''Municipium Auralia Vina''. The ruins include an amphitheatre dedicated to
Marcus Aurelius and
Lucius Verus
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During the
Byzantine and
Roman Empires Vina was also the
seat
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of an ancient Christian
episcopal see
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, suffragan to the
Archdiocese of Carthage. Four
bishops are attributable to Vina.
*Faustino participated in the Cabarsussi Council, held in 393 by
Maximianus, a dissident sect of the
Donatists, and signed the Acts of that council.
*At the
Council of Carthage (411), the
Catholic Vittore attended. The town had no Donatist as Faustino had died five years earlier (406).
*Cresconio attended the
Council of Carthage (525) and
*Fruttuoso the anti-
Monothelitism Council of Carthage (646)
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Synod of 251
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* Vina survives today as a
titular bishopric
[J. Mesnage, ''L'Afrique chrétienne'', (Paris, 1912), p. 110.] and the current bishop is
Anton Jamnik, of
Ljubljana.
References
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Coloniae (Roman)
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Roman towns and cities in Tunisia
Archaeological sites in Tunisia
Ancient Berber cities
Populated places in Tunisia