Temuniana was a Roman town of Roman North Africa which existed during the Vandal Kingdom, Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire.
Archaeology The Roman town of Temuniana has been tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Temounia,Temuniana in catholic-hierarchy.org. in Tunisia.,Roman Hydraulic installations, p107. in Tunisia.Roman Hydraulic installations, p107. These ruins include many subterranean cisterns,Roman Hydraulic installations, p107.SOCIÉTÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE SOUSSE, 1905 p139. There are also remains of pipes and dams.SOCIÉTÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE SOUSSE, 1905 p140.
History Temuniana was also the seat of an ancient Catholic diocese Temuniana at www.gcatholic.org.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 469.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 311. There are three bishops of antiquity known from the town: "L'Afrique chrétienne : évèchés et ruines antiques d'après les manuscrits de Mgr. Toulotte et les découvertes archéologiques les plus récentes. Cresconius, . Plebis Temonianensis. Fl 411. Cresconius Temoniarensis, fl.484.Notit., Byzac, 97. Victorinus, . Ecc. Temunianensis, fl641. Today the bishopric survives as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze The current bishop is Robert Anthony Brucato who replaced Peter Joseph Connors of Ballarat in 1997. Diocese of Ballarat Australia.
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