Sicca Veneria (episcopal see)

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The Diocese of Sicca Veneria was an episcopal see of Africa Proconsularis, and was a suffragan of the bishops of Carthage.[citation needed] The cathedra of the bishopric was in the Roman colonia (highest ranking city) of Colonia Julia Veneria Cirta Nova Iulia.[1][2] The bishopric was founded in early Christianity; it ceased to function sometime after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Ruins of Basilica at El Kef (Sicca Veneria).

It exists today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is Lajos Varga of Hungary.

Remains of the bishopric included ruins at El Kef of a cathedral, baptistry, Christian burials, and numerous Christian inscriptions.[3]

Known bishops

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Antiquity and Early Middle Ages

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Map of Roman Africa Proconsularae.

Catholic

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Kazimierz Tomczak

References

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  1. ^ Sicca Veneria, at New Advent.org.
  2. ^ Trudy Ring, Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places (Routledge, 2014) p456.
  3. ^ Sicca Veneria, at New Advent.org.
  4. ^ The Epistles of S. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr (John Henry Parker, 1844) p 294.
  5. ^ Augustine Retractationes XLI
  6. ^ Augustine, "Epist." ccxxix
  7. ^ Sicca Veneria, at New Advent.org.
  8. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Sicca Veneria at GCatholic.org.