Temuniana was a Roman town of Roman North Africa which existed during the Vandal Kingdom, Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire.

Africa Proconsulare (125 AD)

Archaeology

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The Roman town of Temuniana has been tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Temounia,[1] in Tunisia.,[2] in Tunisia.[3] These ruins include many subterranean cisterns,[4][5] There are also remains of pipes and dams.[6]

History

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Temuniana was also the seat of an ancient Catholic diocese[7][8][9] There are three bishops of antiquity known from the town:[10]

  • Cresconius, episc. Plebis Temonianensis. Fl 411.
  • Cresconius Temoniarensis, fl.484.[11]
  • Victorinus, episc. Ecc. Temunianensis, fl641.

Today the bishopric survives as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[12] The current bishop is Robert Anthony Brucato who replaced Peter Joseph Connors of Ballarat in 1997.[13]

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