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Roman town in Africa Proconsolare
Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)
Culusi was a
Roman town of the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsolare ,
[1] located near
Carthage . It is also known as Culcitana or Culsitana.
[2] The city is tentatively identified with ruins in the suburbs of
Tunisia .
[3]
Culusi was also the
seat of an
ancient Christian
bishopric ,
[4]
[5] through the
Roman Empire and into
late antiquity , a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Carthage . Today Culusi survives as a
titular bishopric
[6] and the current bishop is
Asztrik Várszegi , of
Pannonhalma .
[7]
Known bishops
Nicasio (mentioned in 349) took part in the Synod of Carthage of 349.
Vincenzo (before 407 - after 419) Vincenzo, delegate to the emperor in 407, attended the
Conference of Carthage (411) and was present at another African council of 419.
Emiliano (mentioned in 484) was among the Catholic bishops
summoned to Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric in 484 attended the bishop Emiliano, who was exiled to Corsica
Marciano (mentioned in 525) took part in a
synodal assembly of 525 .
Peter (mentioned in 646) signed the acts of the
African council of 646 antimonotelita.
Today Culusi survives as a
titular bishopric of the
Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is
Asztrik Várszegi , of
Pannonhalma .
References
^ J. Ferron, v. Culusitana in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. XIII, Paris, 1956, coll. 1105–1106.
^ Erika Hermanowicz, Possidius of Calama (OUP Oxford, 2008) p.204
^
Titular Episcopal See of Culusi [
permanent dead link ] at GCatholic.org.
^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , (Leipzig, 1931), p.465.
^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana , Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 148.
^ David Cheney,
Diocese of Culusi at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
^
Titular Episcopal See of Culusi [
permanent dead link ] at GCatholic.org.