Turrisblanda

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Turrisblanda, was a Roman and Byzantine era colonia (town) in the Roman Empire province of Byzacena in what is today modern Tunisia. Its exact location remains unknown.[1] It was also a capital of an historic diocese of the Roman Empire.[2] The bishopric remains today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3][4][5] The current bishop is Jan Szkodoń, Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow.

Known bishops

There are three bishops attributed to this diocese.[6][7]

  • The Donatist Maximinus who attended the Carthage conference of 411, which brought together the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman Africa; on that occasion the town did not have the Catholic bishop.
  • Paul who took part in the synod gathered in Carthage by the Huneric the Vandal king in 484, after which Paul was exiled.
  • Datianus participated in the antimonothelite council of 641.

The Titular see was established 1933.

References

  1. ^ R. B. Hitchner "Turris Blanda".
  2. ^ Joseph BINGHAM (M. A.), Origines ecclesiasticæ (William Straker, 1843) p286.
  3. ^ David M. Cheney, Turrisblanda, at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  4. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Turrisblanda at GCatholic.org.
  5. ^ Steph. Antonii Morcelli, Africa Christiana: in tres partes tributa (ex officina Bettoniana, 1816). p338
  6. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 469
  7. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 337–338.