Location | Algeria |
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Coordinates | 36°48′N3°34′E / 36.800°N 3.567°E |
Rusubbicari was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony and Roman town. It has been tentatively identified with ruins at Zemmouri El Bahri, Algeria. [1] The Roman town was in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. [2] [3] [4]
The present name is a masculine plural noun, suggesting it may have originally consisted of two or three separate settlements. It seems to a latinization of a Phoenician name including the element rush (Punic : 𐤓𐤀𐤔, RʾŠ, "cape") and a local Berber placename. [5]
Rusubbicari was a Christian bishopric in late antiquity and is a Catholic titular see (Latin : Dioecesis Rusubbicarensis). [6]
Today Rusubbicari survives as a titular bishopric holder; The current bishop is Jose Puthenveettil, auxiliary bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly. [7]
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