Simidicca
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Simidicca was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.
The ancient city is tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Simidia Tunisia.[1]
The city was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[2][3] Only one bishop of this diocese is known Adeodatus, a Catholic bishop who participated in the Conference of Carthage of 411, which saw gathered together the bishops Catholics and Donatists in Roman Africa; the headquarters at that time had no Donatist bishops. The same Adeodatus was present at the Council of Carthage (419) held by St Aurelius. Today the diocese survives as a titular bishopric;[4] the last bishop was Rumen Stanev, of Sofia.[5]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
titular see of Simidicca is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[6]
References
- Back to citation La sede titolare at www.gcatholic.org.
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
- Back to citation Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 280
- Back to citation La sede titolare at www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- Back to citation La sede titolare at www.gcatholic.org.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1117531