Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Bistua

By Stefano Draganović

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BISTUA. - At the Synods of Salona of 530 and 533, there also appears Andria, bishop of the bestoensis ecclesia. His diocese was vast but very poor; the Salonitan Synod of 533 decided to divide it «cum Divinitas propitiata concesserit». It is not known whether this actually happened, since afterward the invasions of the Avars and Slavs almost completely annihilated Christianity in those regions.

B. Nova was a Roman municipium on the site of the present-day city of Zenica (Bosnia), where a famous early Christian basilica with two naves (basilica gemina) was discovered, while B. Vetus was located at the sources of the Rama near the village of Varvara. The bishopric of B. was the predecessor of the medieval Bosnian diocese.

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BIBL.: D. Farlati, Illyricum Sacrum, II, Venice 1753, pp. 162-74; M. Vanino, Prva sejase brčanstva u Bosni, Postext hrv. zemalja Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo 1942, pp. 140-42.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 1680–1681.

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Draganovic, Stefano. “Bistua.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1680–1681. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bistua.

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Draganovic, Stefano. “Bistua.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1680–1681. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bistua.

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@incollection{ec2_bistua,
  author    = {Draganovic, Stefano},
  title     = {Bistua},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1680--1681},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bistua}
}

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