Aptuca Explained

thumb|right|Archaeology map of TunisiaAptuca (Africa) or Henchir Oudeka, also known as Aptucca/Aptuca, Henchir-Oudeka/Henchir-Semmech.^[1] or Udeka is a village and archaeological site in Tunisia, North Africa located at 36.409344, 8.940301.^[2]

History

During Roman and Byzantine times the town was an oppidum civilium on the Oued Tessa river.^[3] south east of Bulla Regis.^[4] Origines Ecclesiasticae calls it 'A city in Africa Proconsilaris'.^[5]

Bishopric

The town was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.^[6] which remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Known bishops include:

• Victor 411 (Conference of Carthage)^[7]
• Ianuarius fl 411, Donatist bishop at the Council of Carthage (411).^[8]
• Ianuarius 425 ^[9]
• Alfonso Niehues (Brazil) 3 August 1965 – May 18, 1967 ^[10]
• Alois Stöger (Austria) July 3, 1967 – 12 December 1999 ^[11]
• Richard Joseph Malone (United States) 27 January 2000 – 10 February 2004
• Andrews Thazhath (India) 18 March 2004 – 22 January 2007
• Reinhard Pappenberger (Germany) 6 February 2007

Notes and References

1. .B. Hitchner, R. Warner, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Aptuc(c)a: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012 [accessed: 21 October 2016]
2. Caius Plinius Secundus, Geography: Africa and Asia: Natural History / Historia Naturalis in 37 volumes (Walter de Gruyter, Jan 1, 1993) p142.
3. Cajus Plinius Secundus d. Ä., Geographie: Afrika und Asien: Naturkunde / Naturalis Historia in 37 Bänden (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 1993) p 142.
4. http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/28046.html Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
5. Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian, Volume 3 p234.
6. Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843) p234.
7. Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) by Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière p1164.
8. Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p587.
9. Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p586.
10. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3a53.html Aptucensis
11. https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0166.htm&prev=search Titular Episcopal See of Aptuca