Rusubbicari
Rusubbicari is located in Algeria
Rusubbicari
Shown within Algeria
LocationAlgeria
Coordinates36°48′N 3°34′E / 36.800°N 3.567°E / 36.800; 3.567

Rusubbicari was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony and Roman town. It has been tentatively identified with ruins at Zemmouri El Bahri, Algeria.[1] The Roman town was in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.[2][3][4]

Name

Further information: Maghreb placename etymology

The present name is a masculine plural noun, suggesting it may have originally consisted of two or three separate settlements. It seems to a latinization of a Phoenician name including the element rush (Punic: 𐤓‬𐤀𐤔‬, RʾŠ, "cape") and a local Berber placename.[5]

Religion

Rusubbicari was a Christian bishopric in late antiquity and is a Catholic titular see (Latin: Dioecesis Rusubbicarensis).[6]

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Today Rusubbicari survives as a titular bishopric holder; The current bishop is Jose Puthenveettil, auxiliary bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly.[7]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Salama, Pierre. Sites commerciaux antiques sur le littoral de l’Algérois. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome: Antiquité, vol. 118, n°2. 2006. pp. 527-547.
  2. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931) p. 468.
  3. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816) p. 267.
  4. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912) pp. 461–462.
  5. ^ Lipiński (2004), p. 402.
  6. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  7. ^ Rusubbicarensis at Catholic-hierarchy.org.

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