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Utimmira was an 
Utimmira was an ancient
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Roman town of the Roman province
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of Africa Proconsularis
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. The town was somewhere near Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...
in today's Tunisia
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, map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa
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, capital = Tunis
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, but the exact location has been lost to history.
Utimmira was the seat
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Types of seat
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of an ancient episcopal see
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, suffragan of Archdiocese of Carthage. Only two bishops attributed to this diocese: the Catholic Severo, who intervened at the Council of Carthage (411)
The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these are described below.
Synod of 251
In May 251 a synod, assembled under the presidency of Cyprian ...
and Bishop Reparato, who took part in the Council of Carthage (484)
The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these are described below.
Synod of 251
In May 251 a synod, assembled under the presidency of Cyprian ...
called by the Vandal
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century.
The Vandals migrated to the area betw ...
king Huneric
Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was m ...
, after which Reparato was exiled to Corsica.
Today Utimmira survives as titular bishop, the current bishop is Andrés Vargas Peña
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See also ...
, of Mexico City.
References
Ancient Berber cities Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa {{Tunisia-stub