Forontoniana
Forontoniana was a Roman Town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity. [1]The town has tentitivly been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia.[2]
Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church. [3][4]The only known bishop of this diocese was Felix, who took part in the synod in Carthage called by the Vandal king Huneric in 484 , after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a titular bishopric though the seat is currently vacant. [5]
Known Bishops
- Felix (mentioned in 484)
- Luigi Poggi (1965 - 1994)
- Pierfranco Shepherd (1994 - 2015)[6]
References
- ↑ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (W. Straker, 1840) p231.
- ↑ Forontoniana at .gcatholic.org
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana , Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 161.
- ↑ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- ↑ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
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