Henchir-El-Meden
Henchir-El-Meden is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia.
History
During
Africa Proconsularis called Municipium Auralia Vina.[1] The ruins include an amphitheatre dedicated to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.[2]
During the
Byzantine and Roman Empires Vina was also the seat of an ancient Christian episcopal see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Carthage.[3] Four bishops are attributable to Vina.[4]
- Faustino participated in the Cabarsussi Council, held in 393 by Donatists, and signed the Acts of that council.
- At the CatholicVittore attended. The town had no Donatist as Faustino had died five years earlier (406).
- Cresconio attended the Council of Carthage (525)and
- Fruttuoso the anti-Council of Carthage (646).
- Vina survives today as a Anton Jamnik, of Ljubljana.
References
- ^ Victor Guérin, Voyage archéologique dans la Régence de Tunis (Рипол Классик, 1862) p267.
- ^ Frank Sear, Roman Theatres: An Architectural Study (OUP Oxford, 20 July 2006 ) p290.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Vina at GCatholic.org .
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- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 102–103.
- ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 110.