Castellum Minus Explained

Castellum Minus was an ancient city located in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis in today's northern Algeria.[1] [2] The ancient city is identified with ruins near Coléa, Algeria,[3] (at 35.3877778° latitude and 0.1416667° longitude).

The ancient town was also the seat of a Christian bishopric.[4] [5] Which remains today a titular see[6] in the Roman Catholic Church.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2c71.html Castellum Minus
  2. Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, Volume 3. (William Straker and J. H. Parker, 1840) p 232.
  3. Web site: Castellum Minus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. Cheney. David M.. www.catholic-hierarchy.org. 2018-01-29.
  4. Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri.(Tip. Emiliana, 1841). p212.
  5. Charles Louis Richard, Jean Joseph Giraud, Bibliothèque sacrée, ou, Dictionnaire universel historique, dogmatique. (1822) p193.
  6. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  7. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0433.htm Castellum minus

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