Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Sbiba

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SBIBA. - Not far from Sufetula, the Sufes Colonia or Sufibus of the Itinerary of Antoninus, whose bishops are known: Privatus, who was at Carthage in 256; Maximus, present at the Council of Carthage in 419; and Eustratius, who took part in the Conference of 484 in that same city; from a notice of Leo the Wise it is gathered that in 833 the diocese still existed.

St. Augustine relates that in 399 the pagans massacred 60 Christians (Ep., 50). The present mosque of Djemâa Sidi Ocba, with 36 columns, was adapted from an ancient Christian basilica; traces of another have been found. A Christian inscription is in CIL, VIII, no. 11447, where Byzantine epigraphs relating to Solomon, praetorian prefect, are also reported (ibid., nos. 259, 11423).

Enrico Josi

END OF VOLUME X.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 2000.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Sbiba},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {2000},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sbiba}
}

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