Centuria_(Numidia)

Centuria (Numidia)

Centuria (Numidia)

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This article is about a town in Africa. For other uses, see Centuria (disambiguation).

Centuria, also known as Centuriensis, was a Roman era town in Numidia, Roman province of Africa. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Ain El Hadjar[1] in Algeria,[2][3] south of Saida.

Bishopric

The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric and the seat is currently vacant. Known bishops of the town include:

References

  1. [1]
    H. Jaubert, "Évêchés Anciens et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne", in Reports of Notices et Memoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 31.
  2. [2]
    Jean-Marie Lassère Onomastica africana V–VIII, Vol 18 Antiquités africaines 1982, 1 (pp. 167-175.
  3. [3]
    Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830-1900 (BRILL, 8 May 2014)
  4. [4]
    Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,399.
  5. [5]
    Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 145.
  6. [6]
    Episcopologio Español, Volume 1500, Page 143, Number 910.
  7. [7]
    Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1622, Number 59.
  8. [8]
    Encyclical Letter of the Bishops of Rama, Acanthos, and Centuria, 1791.
  9. [9]
    "CatholicSaints.Info » Bishop of Centuria". catholicsaints.info. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. [10]
    Titular Episcopal See of Centuria at GCatholic.org.
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