Henchir-Khachoum
| Henchir-Khachoum الخرطومأنقاض Muzuca | |
|---|---|
| Henchir-Khachoum is located in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 35°13′53″N 9°7′46″E / 35.23139°N 9.12944°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Governorate | Sidi Bouzid Governorate |
| Population | |
| • Ethnicities | Arab |
| • Ethnicities density | 55.11/km2 (142.7/sq mi) |
| • Religions | Islam |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1250[1] |
Henchir-Khachoum is a locality and series of archaeological sites in Sidi Bouzid Governorate modern Tunisia. The ruins are strewn along a tributary of the Oued El Hatech river east of Sbeitla. During the Roman Empire there was a Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, called Muzuca, one of two North African towns to bare that name.
In antiquity the town was also the seat of a Christian bishopric,[2] suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[3]
There are three documented bishops of Muzuca.
- Gennaro took part in the Council of Carthage (256) called by St. Cyprian to discuss the question of the lapsi.
- The Catholic bishop Rufiniano who attended the Council of Carthage (411),[4] and the Council of Carthage (419) called by Saint Aurelius.
- Felice took part in the synod of 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric, after which Felice was exiled.
Today Muzuca in Proconsulari survives as titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church,[5] and the current bishop is Celmo Lazzari,[6] of San Miguel de Sucumbíos.[7][8]
See also
References
- Back to citation Postal code of Sbeïtla, GeoPostcodes
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Muzuca in Proconsulari at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation J. Mesnage L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 96.
- Back to citation In 411 Muzuca seems to have had not Donatist bishops.
- Back to citation David M. Cheney, Muzucensis in Proconsulari, at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- Back to citation Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Number 16,852.
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Muzuca in Proconsulari at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation David M. Cheney, Muzucensis in Proconsulari, at catholic-hierarchy.org.