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Temuniana 
Summary
Temuniana was a Roman town of Roman North Africa which existed during the Vandal Kingdom, Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire.
Archaeology edit
The Roman town of Temuniana has been tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Temounia,[1] in Tunisia.,[2] in Tunisia.[3] These ruins include many subterranean cisterns,[4][5] There are also remains of pipes and dams.[6]
History edit
Temuniana was also the seat of an ancient Catholic diocese[7][8][9] There are three bishops of antiquity known from the town:[10]
- Cresconius, episc. Plebis Temonianensis. Fl 411.
- Cresconius Temoniarensis, fl.484.[11]
- Victorinus, episc. Ecc. Temunianensis, fl641.
Today the bishopric survives as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[12] The current bishop is Robert Anthony Brucato who replaced Peter Joseph Connors of Ballarat in 1997.[13]
References edit
- ^ Temuniana in catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Roman Hydraulic installations, p107.
- ^ Roman Hydraulic installations, p107.
- ^ Roman Hydraulic installations, p107.
- ^ SOCIÉTÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE SOUSSE, 1905 p139.
- ^ SOCIÉTÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE SOUSSE, 1905 p140.
- ^ Temuniana at www.gcatholic.org.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 469.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 311.
- ^ "L'Afrique chrétienne : évèchés et ruines antiques d'après les manuscrits de Mgr. Toulotte et les découvertes archéologiques les plus récentes.
- ^ Notit., Byzac, 97.
- ^ Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze
- ^ Diocese of Ballarat Australia.