Selendeta Explained

Selendeta was an ancient civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena during the Roman Empire and late antiquity. The exact location of the town is unknown [1] but it was somewhere in southern Tunisia.

The town was also the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives today as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] The current bishop is Grzegorz Balcerek.[3]

The only known bishop of this diocese is the Donatist Vittorio who participated in the Carthage conference of 411. Today Selendeta survives as a titular bishop's seat; the current titular bishop is Grzegorz Balcerek, auxiliary bishop of Poznań.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1556.htm Titular Episcopal See of Selendeta
  2. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=pl&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2s71.html&usg=ALkJrhjjLy4_Td6r56q4FMMDHb7UVG94fg Selendeta
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1556.htm Titular Episcopal See of Selendeta
  4. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 220