Nigizubi
Nigizubi was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was located in modern Algeria.[1] It was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.[2][3] during the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire.[4] The exact location of the ancient town is now lost but it was somewhere in north-eastern Algeria.
Bishopric[edit]
The only known bishop of this diocese was the Donatist bishop, Gaudenzio, who took part in the Council of Carthage (411),[5] between Catholic and Donatist bishops in Numidia.
The diocese ceased to effectively function following the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century. Today Nigizubi Diocese survives as a titular bishopric[6][7] and the current bishop is Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer, of Sucre.
References[edit]
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Nigizubi at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 239.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Naratcata, at Gcatholic.org.
- ^ Optatus, Sancti Optati Milevitani episcopi Opera cum observationibus et notis (1679).
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 244
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 467.