Girus Tarasii was a town in the Roman province of Numidia that became a residential episcopal see. It is tentatively identified with ruins situated at what is now called Henchir-Tarsa in Algeria. [1]
Girus Tarasii was probably the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives as a titular see of the Catholic Church, [1] by the name Tarasa in Numidia.
The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric. [2] [3]
Little is known of the bishopric. However, the bishop here, Cresconio, attended the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric after which the bishop was exiled. [4] The city may have been the home of Zosimus, [5] who participated in the Council of Carthage (256) called by Cyprian to discuss the problem of Lapsi , though more likely he was of Tarasa of Byzacena. [6]
The bishopric ceased to effectively function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb but was re-founded in name in the early 20th century and remains as a titular bishopric. [8] The current bishop is Artur Grzegorz Miziński of Poland. [9]
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