Arsennaria

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Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

Arsennaria was an

Roman Catholic Church.[1][2]

Town Remains

The ruins of the city are tentatively located at Bou-Râs in modern Algeria.[3] (36.334326n, 0.873111e)[4]

Arsennaria flourished from 330BC – AD640.

Bishopric

The only known

Vandal King Huneric
, after which Filone was exiled.

Although the diocese did not survive past the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, Arsennaria survives today as a titular bishopric,[5] and the current titular bishop is Joseph Bui Cong Trac, auxiliary bishop of Ho Chi Minh City.[6]

References

  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 464.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 84.
  3. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Arsennaria, at GCatholic.org.
  4. ^ "Arsennaria: a Pleiades place resource". Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  6. ^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-06-14.


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