Ancusa

Last updated March 09, 2019

Ancusa was a city in the Roman-Berber province of Byzacena in modern Tunisia. The exact location of the civitas is unknown. The city was also the seat of an ancient Christian Bishopric which survives today as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Stephan Turnovszky of Vienna, Austria.^[1]

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References

↑ Titular Episcopal See of Ancusa at GCatholic.org.

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[1] Titular Episcopal See of Ancusa at GCatholic.org.