Azura (diocese)

Azura was a town in the Roman province of Numidia, located near present-day Henchir-Loulou, Algeria.

Bishopric

As a bishopric, Azura was represented by the Catholic bishop Victor at the Conference of Carthage of 411 between Catholic and Donatist bishops. Its bishop Leporius was among the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.[1][2][3][4]

No longer a residential bishopric, Azura is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[5]

References

  1. ↑ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 401
  2. ↑ Auguste Audollent, v. "Azurensis" in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. V, 1931, col. 1380
  3. ↑ Auguste Audollent, v. Azurensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. V, 1931, col. 1380
  4. ↑ H. Jaubert, "Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne" in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, pp. 8-9
  5. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 844
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