Macri, or perhaps Macras, was a town and bishopric in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis. [1] It corresponds to the modern town of Magra, Algeria.
This town figures only in the Notitia Africæ and the Itinerarium Antonini . It flourished for a long period, and Arabian authors often mention it in eulogistic terms. According to the 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia , it was situated on the Oued-Magra which still bears its name, near the Djebel Magra, in the plain of Bou Megueur, south-west of Sétif (in Algeria). The 2013 Annuario Pontificio places it at Henchir-Remada. [2]
In 411 Macri had a Donatist bishop, Maximus, who attended the Carthage Conference of 411. In 479, the Vandal king Huneric banished a great many Catholics from this town and from many other regions of the desert. In 484 Emeritus, Bishop of Macri, was one of the members present at the Carthage Assembly; like the others, he was banished by Huneric.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Macri". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.