Bure (diocese) explained

Bulnensis, also known as Bure, is a titular episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church[1] ascribed to [2] the ecclesiastical province of Africa Proconsularis, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[3]

Very little is known of the ancient Christian diocese. The bishopric is mentioned in passing by Optatus of Milevi[4] Only one bishop is known from antiquity and the exact location of Bure is not known, though it is thought to be in the region of Djebel-Gorra and was doubtless in Tunisia.

Bure ceased to function as a Catholic diocese with the arrival of the Islamic armies at the end of the 7th century and was only established as a titular diocese in 1933. Today Bure survives as a titular bishopric.[5]

Known Bishops of Buritanus:

Name

The name Bure is of unknown meaning. Bure is, however, common in Roman North Africa and appears as a component in the name of many important towns of the Roman province including Thrburnica, ThurboMaise and Saltus Burunitanus and Thingibba Bure to name but a few places. The recurrence of the name Bure in over two dozen places indicates that it did signify something important to the local population.[6]

See also

Tubursico-Bure

Notes and References

  1. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0358.htm Titular Episcopal See of Bure
  3. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p.110.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdkAAAAcAAJ&dq=Buritanus&pg=PR68 Optati Afri Milevitani Episcopi de Schismate Donatistarum contra Parmenianum Donatistam libri septem
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3b05.html Bure (Titular See)
  6. Bure in ancient North African place names, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1954, vol13 p52.