Maturba Explained

Maturba is a locality in Algeria, North Africa.

During the Roman Empire there was a Roman town located here. That town flourished in late antiquity from AD 300 to AD640.^[1] The town did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Maturba was also the seat of an ancient titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.^[2] The bishopric survives today as a titular see.^{[3] [4] [5]} The current bishop is Paul Simick who replaced José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León in 2014.^[6]

Notes and References

1. D. J. Mattingly, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Martuba at Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012
2. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2m71.html&usg=ALkJrhiLH1c6dt1E-lEsvi82_bw6XSyCIg Maturbensis
3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1114.htm Diocesi di Maturba
4. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
5. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 217.
6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2m71.html Diocesi di Maturba