Abaradira

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Abaradira was a Roman era city in the Roman province of Byzacena. [1] [2] Its exact location is unknown but it would have been in the central part of what is today Tunisia. [3]

Abaradira was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. [4] Only one bishop is known from antiquity, [5] a bishop by the name of Praefectianus who was called by the Vandal king Huneric to a conference in 484 AD and sent into exile shortly after this. [6] Abaradira survives as titular bishopric and the title is now held by Marko Semren, auxiliary bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia. [7]

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References

  1. A. Notit. Byz. N. 2 (a. 482).
  2. Jean Louis Maier, The Episcopate of Roman, Vandal and Byzantine Africa (Swiss Institute of Rome, 1973) p95.
  3. Auguste Audollent, v. Abaradirensis, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. I, (Paris, 1909), col. 13
  4. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p58-59.
  5. Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p.1246.
  6. Theodore Ruinart, Viktor von Vita, The history of the persecution: Vandalicae in two distinct parts.
  7. "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.07.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2018.