Sidi Ahmed Djedidi

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Sidi Ahmed Djedidi is a town and hill near Hammamet, Tunisia, 64 Kilometers south of Tunis. It is located at 36.4n and 10.4e.

During the Roman Empire the town was known as Elephantaria and was a civitas of the Africa Proconsularis. [1] [2] The city at that time was the seat of an ancient Christian Bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [3]

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References

  1. Elephantaria at GCatholic.org.
  2. Sidi Ahmed Djedidi.
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1).