Rusippisir

Coordinates: 36°54′03.4″N 4°09′34.5″E / 36.900944°N 4.159583°E / 36.900944; 4.159583
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Rusippisir
Rusippisir is located in Algeria
Rusippisir
Shown within Algeria
LocationTaksebt, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria
Coordinates36°54′03.4″N 4°09′34.5″E / 36.900944°N 4.159583°E / 36.900944; 4.159583

Rusippisir was a

Mediterranean coast at the site of present-day Taksebt
.

Name

Further information:
Maghreb placename etymology

Rusippisir is the

latinization of the town's Punic name, which probably meant "Cape Rosemary".[1]

Geography

Rusippisir was located at Cape Tedless (French: Cap Tedles), Algeria,[1] the site of present-day Taksebt in Tizi Ouzou.

History

Rusippisir was established as a

Carthaginian and then, after the Punic Wars, Roman hegemony. Punic steles in Rusippisir continued to be produced well into the imperial period and there was tophet in the town.[1]

Religion

In

Latin: Dioecesis Rusubisiritana; Italian: Rusibisir).[2][3]

List of bishops

  • Léon-Théobald Delaere, OFM Cap (1967.08.03 – 1976.09.14)
  • Theodore Edgar McCarrick
    (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

  1. ^ a b c Lipiński (2004), p. 397–9.
  2. ^ "Rusibisir", GigaCatholic.
  3. ^ "Rusibisir", Catholic Hierarchy.

Bibliography

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