Abaradira

Roman North Africa

Abaradira was a 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 in North Africa. ^[3]

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Abaradira was the seat of a Christian bishopric. ^[4] The historical records show only one bishop of Abaradira, a cleric named Praefectianus. ^[5] He was summoned by Huneric, ruler of the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa, to the Conference of Carthage in 484 CE. After the meeting, Huneric exiled Praefectianus and other bishops due to a major theological dispute. ^[6]

Abaradira survives as titular bishopric in the Roman Catholic Church. As of 2025, the title is held by Marko Semren, the auxiliary bishop of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ^[7]

See also

 · Africaportal  · Catholicismportal  ·

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.