Vegesela in Byzacena

Vegesela in Byzacena was a Roman Era town tentitively identified with ruins at Henchir-Recba in modern Tunisia.[1] The town was in the Roman province of Byzacena.

The ancient town was also the seat of an ancient Bishopric, which survies today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] René Coba Galarza is the current Bishop.[3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p354.
  2. ↑ Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze
  3. ↑ Vegesela in Byzacena at catholic-hierarchy.org.(english)]
  4. ↑ Vegesela in Byzacena at gcatholic.org
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