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Ancient city & Catholic titular see in Algeria
Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)
Flenucleta was an ancient
Berber ,
Roman and
Byzantine civitas located in the Mediterranean hinterland of what was then the
province of
Mauretania Caesariensis . It was situated in present-day northern
Algeria .
[1] The exact location of the city is unknown.
[2]
Flenucleta was also the
seat of the
Catholic Church
diocese of Flenucleta
[3] which goes back to a
Roman era
bishopric in the
ancient
town of the same name.
[4]
[5] Although the
diocese ceased to effectively function with the
Muslim conquest of the Maghreb , the diocese has been re-established in name at least as a
titular see of the
Roman Catholic Church .
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
Known bishops
References
^
Flenucletensis at catholic-hierarchy.org.
^
Titular Episcopal See of Flenucleta at GCatholic.org.
^
Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,
ISBN
978-88-209-9070-1 ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
^
"Benedict's Flenuclet titular capital" .
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney.
^
"Benedict's Flenuclet Titular Capital" . gcatholic.org . 2012-12-07.
^
Titular Episcopal See of Flenucleta at GCatholic.org.
^
Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,
ISBN
978-88-209-9070-1 ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
^
Pius Bonifacius Gams , Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , (Leipzig, 1931), p.465.
^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana , Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.157.
^ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales , Issue 1944, Number 2.
^ Le Petit Episcopologe , Issue 176, Number 14,649.
^ Le Petit Episcopologe , Issue 212, Necrology (back)
^ Le Petit Episcopologe , Issue 213, Number 17,644