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Floriana, Mauritania

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Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

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Floriana, Mauritania was an ancient Roman–Berber civitas in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis in Africa Proconsulare. It existed during the Vandal Kingdom, Byzantine Empire, and Roman Empire. The town of Floriana has been tentatively identified with ruins at Letourneux, Derrag in northern Algeria.[1]

Bishopric

The Roman town of Floriana, was the seat of an ancient Roman Catholic diocese.[2] The only known bishop from antiquity is Restituto, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which Restituto was exiled. The town and Bishopric did not effectively survive the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb but today Floriana survives as a titular bishopric and the current archbishop is George Panamthundil, apostolic nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[3]

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Floriana is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[4]

References

  1. Back to citation Floriana at gcatholic.org.
  2. Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465; Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 159; Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  3. Back to citation Floriana at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  4. Back to citation Wikidata item Q1429994
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