Bouderies Explained

Bouderies is a settlement in Kasserine, Tunisia, in North Africa.^[1]

The settlement is located on the Algerian border north of Fériana. It is the site of a natural spring,^{[2] [3]} and nearby Mount Jebel ech Chambi is, at 1,544 m, one of the highest points in Tunisia.

History

Ain Bou Dries is the site of Drua, a ruined Roman fort,^[4] of the Roman province of Byzacena.

During late antiquity the town was seat of a Christian bishopric.^{[5] [6] [7]} In 411, the towns bishop, Antonianus, attended the Council of Carthage with the Donatist delegation. The town survived until at least the Arab–Byzantine wars of 698AD.

The 1st Armored Division of the United States Army passed through Bouderies during World War II.^[8]

Today the bishopric of Drua survives as a titular bishopric^[9] with the current bishop being John Joseph Jenik, auxiliary bishop of New York City.^[10]

References

35.244°N 8.48°W

Notes and References

1. http://cartographic.info/names/map.php?id=51046&f=7 Map of Aïne Bou Driès in Kasserine, Tunisia
2. http://mapcarta.com/17290136 Bouderies
3. http://www.getamap.net/maps/tunisia/al_qasrayn/_boudries_aine/ Aïne Bou Driès
4. Gamal Mokhtar, General History of Africa - Vol. II - Ancient Africa (UNESCO, 2010) p553.
5. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
6. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 152.
7. J. Ferron, v. Druensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, 1937, col. 821.
8. George F Howe, United States Army in World War 2 - The Mediterranean -Northwest Africa. (Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014).
9. Web site: Druas (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
10. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0664.htm diocese entry