Boreum, Cyrenaica

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Boreum was a city and diocese in Roman Libya. It is now a Roman Catholic titular see.

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Its modern location is Tabibbi, in southern modern Libya.

History

Boreum was important enough in the Roman province of Libya Superior (Libya Pentapolitana; part of Cyrenaica) to become one of the suffragan sees in this province, which depended directly on the Patriarchate of Alexandria (in Egypt) without a proper Metropolitan, but faded like most bishoprics in Roman Africa. [1] [2] [3] Only one ancient bishop is known, the Arian bishop Senziano, mentioned in 325.

Titular see

In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin titular bishopric of Boreum (Latin) / Borien(sis) (Latin adjective) / Boreo (Curiate Italian). [4] [5]

It is vacant, having had only these incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: [6]

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