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Utimma was an ancient
Utimma was an ancient city
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in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis (now northern Tunisia ) during the Byzantine and Roman Empires. the exact location of Utimma is lost to history but it is believed to be between Sidi Medien Sidi Medien is a village in Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia.
The town formerly known as Vallis under the French is on the A3 motorway from Tunisia, and has a mosque, and the remains of a Roman Theater. A number of Roman Inscriptions can be found near ...
and Henchir-Reoucha in Tunisia.
The town of Utimma was also the home
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...
of a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. There are two known bishops of this diocese both attendee at the Council of Carthage (411), the Catholic Ottavio and Donatist Bonifacio.
Today Utimma survives as a titular bishopric, the current bishop is Theodorus van Ruijven.''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 199, Number 16,267.
References
{{reflist, 2 Ancient Berber cities Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa