Quiza ( grc, Κούϊζα) also known as Vuiza (Βούϊζα), which

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called Quiza Xenitana,This is sometimes mistakenly written ''Quiza Cenitana'' was a

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colonia, located in the former

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. The town is identified with ruins at Sidi Bellater,

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History

Quiza was originally a small Berber village, with Phoenician roots. It grew under the Roman empire. Around 120 AD, the emperor

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erected an

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in the city. William Smith identified Quiza with Giza near Oran, Algeria in his work,

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. More recent investigations have identified it with present-day El-Benian on the coast road between Mostaga and Dara. In his ''Natural History'', 4.2.3., Pliny the Elder: writes: "Next to this is Quiza Xenitana, a town founded by strangers"; a remark explained because the word ''Xenitana'' is derived from Greek ξένος, "a stranger", as explained also by Victor Vitensis. The town is mentioned also by Pliny elsewhere (5.2), by

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, and by Pomponius Mela.

Bishopric

Quiza is also a

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and Donatist bishops, Quiza was represented by the

Priscus, who had no Donatist counterpart. He is mentioned also in a letter of Saint Augustine to Pope Celestine I. Tiberianus of Quiza was one of the Catholic bishops whom the

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king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled. In addition, the name of a Bishop Vitalianus appears in the mosaic pavement of the excavated basilica of Quiza. Bishops No longer a residential bishopric, Quiza is today listed by the

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as a

*Priscus fl 411. * Tiberianus of Quiza fl 484 * Vitalianus * Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † (5 Jun 1964 Appointed – 21 Jul 2004 Died) *

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(10 Dec 2005 Appointed – 25 Nov 2008 Appointed, Bishop of Gómez Palacio,

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) * Cirilo B. Flores † (5 Jan 2009 Appointed – 4 Jan 2012 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego,

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) * Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (11 Feb 2012 Appointed – 20 May 2016 Appointed, Bishop of Panevėžys) * Anthony Randazzo (24 Jun 2016 Appointed - 7 Oct 2019 Appointed, Bishop of Broken Bay) *

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(25 Mar 2020 Appointed)

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References

Bibliography

* Laffi, Umberto. ''Colonie e municipi nello Stato romano'' Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. Roma, 2007 * Mommsen, Theodore. ''The Provinces of the Roman Empire'' Section: Roman Africa. (Leipzig 1865; London 1866; London: Macmillan 1909; reprint New York 1996) Barnes & Noble. New York, 1996 {{Romano-Berber cities in Roman Africa, state=collapsed Archaeological sites in Algeria Roman towns and cities in Algeria Former populated places in Algeria Ancient Berber cities Coloniae (Roman) Catholic titular sees in Africa

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