Centuria (Numidia)

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Centuria, also known as Centuriensis, was a Roman era town in Numidia, Roman province of Africa. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Ain El Hadjar [1] in Algeria, [2] [3] south of Saida.

Bishopric

The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric and the seat is currently vacant. Known bishops of the town include:

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References

  1. H. Jaubert, "Évêchés Anciens et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne", in Reports of Notices et Memoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 31.
  2. Jean-Marie Lassère Onomastica africana V–VIII, Vol 18 Antiquités africaines 1982, 1 (pp. 167-175.
  3. Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830-1900 (BRILL, 8 May 2014)
  4. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,399.
  5. Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 145.
  6. Episcopologio Español, Volume 1500, Page 143, Number 910.
  7. Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1622, Number 59.
  8. Encyclical Letter of the Bishops of Rama, Acanthos, and Centuria, 1791.
  9. "CatholicSaints.Info » Bishop of Centuria". catholicsaints.info. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. Titular Episcopal See of Centuria at GCatholic.org.