Forontoniana
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Forontoniana was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity.[1] The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia.[2]
Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient
Vandal king Huneric, after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a titular bishopric though the seat is currently vacant.[5]
Known Bishops
- Felix (mentioned in 484) [6]
- Luigi Poggi (1965–1994)
- Pierfranco Shepherd (1994–2015)[7]
References
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (W. Straker, 1840) p231.
- ^ Forontoniana at .gcatholic.org
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 161.
- ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Notitia Byzacena, 08.
- ^ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org