Rusippisir was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and

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town on

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coast at the site of present-day Taksebt.

Name

Rusippisir is the latinization of the town's

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name, which probably meant "Cape

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Geography

Rusippisir was located at

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(french: Cap Tedles),

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,. the site of present-day Taksebt in

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History

Rusippisir was established as a

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on the trade route between

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and the

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. Its port was nearby Iomnium (present-day

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). It later fell under Carthaginian and then, after the

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hegemony.

steles in Rusippisir continued to be produced well into the

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period and there was

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in the town.

Religion

In antiquity, Rusippisir was the site of a

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. This was revived in the 20th century as a

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( la, Dioecesis Rusubisiritana; it, Rusibisir)..

List of bishops

* Léon-Théobald Delaere, OFM Cap (1967.08.03 – 1976.09.14) *

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(1977.05.24 – 1981.11.19) * Ivan Dias (1982.05.08 – 1996.11.08) * Daniel Caro Borda (2000.07.21 – 2003.08.06) * Martin David Holley (2004.05.18 – 2016.10.19) * Mark E. Brennan (2017.01.19 - present)

References

Citations

Bibliography

* . {{Phoenician colonies Catholic titular sees in Africa Phoenician colonies in Algeria