Botriana
Botriana is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia[1]
History
During the Roman Empire, Botriana was a civitas in the Roman province of Africa Proconsolaris. The town was known to have flourished from 30BC to about AD640.
The town was also the seat of an ancient Catholic bishopric,[2] suffragan to Archdiocese of Carthage.[3]
Only one bishop from ancient Botriana is known and that was the Donatist Bishop Donatus who represented the bishopric at the Council of Carthage (411). He claimed there was no Catholic competitor in his diocese.[4] Today Botriana survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Renzo Fratini, of Spain and Andorra.[5][6]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Botriana is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[7]
References
- Back to citation R.B. Hitchner, Botriana. at Pleiades name resource.
- Back to citation Auguste Audollent, v. Botrianensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, (1937), col. 1420.
- Back to citation Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ vol 2. (William Straker, 1834) p447; Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931) p. 464; Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 106–107,; Auguste Audollent, v. Botrianensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, (1937), col. 1420.
- Back to citation Patrologia Latina, vol XI, col. 1321 e seguenti.
- Back to citation David Cheney, Diocesi di Botriana, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Botriana, at gcatholic.org
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q894764