Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Forontoniana was a Roman town of the

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Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis. History At the end of the 3rd century AD, t ...

during

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. The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern

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. Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the

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. The only known bishop of this diocese was Felix, who took part in the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the

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king

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, after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a

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ric though the seat is currently vacant.

Known Bishops

*Felix (mentioned in 484) *

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(1965–1994) * Pierfranco Shepherd (1994–2015)La sede titolare
nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org

References

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