Henchir-Belli Explained

Henchir-Belli, also known as Beled Belli, is a location and archaeological site in Tunisia.

History

Known as Belali it was a Roman-era civitas in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.^[1] Column ruins of an ancient temple/church are still found in situ.^[2]

The ancient city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric,^{[3] [4]} in the ecclesiastical province of Carthage.^[5] The only known bishop from antiquity is Adeodato (fl.411). The bishopric survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church,^{[6] [7]} Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo being bishop since 2004.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 32 E4.
2. Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa. (BRILL, 8 May 2014) p90.
3. https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0290.htm&prev=search Titular Episcopal See of Belali
4. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 464.
5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2b39.html Belali
6. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p98-99.
7. David M. Cheney Belali at catholic-hierarchy.org.
8. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 179, Number 14,844.