Henchir-Mâtria

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Henchir-Mâtria is an

prehistoric site in northern Tunisia.[1][2][3]
Henchir-Mâtria is at 36°31′23.4″N 9°13′11.1″E / 36.523167°N 9.219750°E / 36.523167; 9.219750, between Béja and Dougga and elevation of 407 metres (1,335 feet).[1][4] It is on the Oued el Beida River.

History

During the

Africa Proconsolaris called Numluli.[5][6][7]

Several structures have been uncovered there.[8][9]

Bishopric

During

Roman Catholic Church. The Most recent Bishop was William Clifford Newman, of Baltimore
, who died May 20th, 2017.

References

  1. ^ a b Henchir el-Matria at mapcarta.com.
  2. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Numluli at GCatholic.org.
  3. ^ Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p347.
  4. ^ Henchir el-Matria at geoview.info.
  5. ^ "Numluli, Henchir Matria – Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire".
  6. ^ Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p347.
  7. ^ Carte des routes et des cités de l'est de l'Africa à la fin de l'Antiquité, 2010, p. 188.
  8. ^ A. Mastino – V. Porcheddu, L'Horologium offerto al pagus civium romanorum ed alla civitas di Numluli, in: M. G. Bertinelli Angeli – A. Donati (Hrsg.), Misurare il tempo, misurare lo spazio. Atti del colloquio Aiegl - Borghesi 2005 (Faenza 2006), 123–162
  9. ^ EL MAATRIA (Numluli) THIBAR, TUNISIA.
  10. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  11. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 247–248.