Edistiana
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Edistiana was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and in late antiquity of Byzacena. It was located in the modern Tunisia.[1] It was a former Catholic diocese.
Edistiana was a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
Only one bishop of Edistiana is known, Miggin, a Donatist, at the Council of Carthage (411). Today Edistiana survives today as a titular bishopric;[3] the current titular bishop is Johannes Kreidler of Rottenburg–Stuttgart.[4]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Edistiana is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation Edistiana diocese at www.gcatholic.org.
- Back to citation Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ; Edistiana at catholic-hierarchy.org; "Google Translate".
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465; Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 153; J. Ferron, v. Edistianensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, (1937), col. 1437.
- Back to citation La diocesi at www.gcatholic.org.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1284863