Aptuca (Africa) or Henchir Oudeka, also known as Aptucca/Aptuca, Henchir-Oudeka/Henchir-Semmech. [1] or Udeka is a village and archaeological site in Tunisia, North Africa located at 36.409344, 8.940301. [2]
History
During Roman and Byzantine times the town was an oppidum civilium on the Oued Tessa river. [3] south east of Bulla Regis. [4] Origines Ecclesiasticae calls it 'A city in Africa Proconsilaris'. [5]
Bishopric
The town was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. [6] which remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Known bishops include:
- Victor 411 (Conference of Carthage) [7]
- Ianuarius fl 411, Donatist bishop at the Council of Carthage (411). [8]
- Ianuarius 425 [9]
- Alfonso Niehues (Brazil) 3 August 1965 – May 18, 1967 [10]
- Alois Stöger (Austria) July 3, 1967 – 12 December 1999 [11]
- Richard Joseph Malone (United States) 27 January 2000 – 10 February 2004
- Andrews Thazhath (India) 18 March 2004 – 22 January 2007
- Reinhard Pappenberger (Germany) 6 February 2007
References
- ^ .B. Hitchner, R. Warner, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Aptuc(c)a: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012 < https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/314880> [accessed: 21 October 2016]
- ^ Caius Plinius Secundus, Geography: Africa and Asia: Natural History / Historia Naturalis in 37 volumes (Walter de Gruyter, Jan 1, 1993) p142.
- ^ Cajus Plinius Secundus d. Ä., Geographie: Afrika und Asien: Naturkunde / Naturalis Historia in 37 Bänden (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 1993) p 142.
- ^ Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian, Volume 3 p234.
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843) p234.
- ^ Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) by Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière p1164.
- ^ Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p587.
- ^ Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p586.
- ^ Aptucensis at Catholicheirachy.org.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Aptuca at GCatholic.org.