Douela Explained

thumb|right|country around Douela Douela or Douala is a village and locality in Tunisia, situated on the Mediterranean coast at latitude 36.8167°, longitude 10.5667° (37km east of Tunis) and near Sīdī `Ammār,^[1] Korbous, and El Bredj.^[2]

Locality

Douela lies on the Cap Bon peninsula surrounded by the Qorbus Forest, the area especially the thermal springs at nearby Korbous have been popular as a health resort since Roman times.

History

During the Roman Empire and late antiquity the village of Douela was a town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The site has revealed numerous inscription in the ruins of the Roman town^[3] which tell us the Ancient town was a civitas known as Mizigitanorum.

In antiquity, Douela was also the seat of a Christian bishopric known as Mizigi.^{[4] [5] [6]} This diocese remains today a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. ^{[7] [8]} Only two bishops of ancient Douela (Mizigi) are known.

• The name of Adeodatus was discovered in the inscription on the dedication of a church, possibly the bishop who had it built.
• Placido attended the Council of Carthage (525)^[9]
• Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes of Guatemala is the current bishop.

The town also has a mosque.^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Tunisia/Tunisia+(general)/_2471334_Jabal+Douela.html Traveling Luck for Jabal Douela, Tunisia
2. http://mapcarta.com/17288852 Douala
3. Poinssot, Louis "La Civitas Mizigitanorum et le pagus Assalitanus" (Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) (1920) vol64, Num3 p285–288.
4. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
5. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 231.
6. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 59.
7. https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1177.htm&prev=search Titular Episcopal See of Mizigi
8. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3m37.html Mizigi
9. Poinssot, Louis "La Civitas Mizigitanorum et le pagus Assalitanus" (Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) (1920) vol64, Num3 p287.
10. http://placesmap.net/TN/Mosqu-e-Al-Rahma-Douela-2834995/ Mosquée Al Rahma Douela