Furni, Tunisia

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Furni, also known as a Furnos Maius and Ain-Fourna,[1][2] was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis[3][4] on the tributary of the Meliane[5] River (about seven miles from Zama).[6][7]

A Donatist bishop of the see assisted at the Council of Carthage (411). The town was made famous by the courage of the martyr , who was burned alive, according to Victor of Vita[8] at the gate of Urusi, also known as the gate of Furni. In 305, during the same persecution the basilicas of Furni and Zama had been burned.[7]

The diocese was refounded in name at least in the 20th century, as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is .[9]

The city is sometimes cited as being the ruins at , though these ruins are known to be Lemsa through in situ inscriptions.

References[]

  1. ^ "Furnos Maius (Ain Fourna)". Trismegistos. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Furnos Maior (Titular See)/Furnitanus Maior". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ Hitchner, R. "Places: 314959 (Furnos Maius)". Pleiades. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "About: Furnos Maius, Ain-Fourna". Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ Poinssot, Louis (1926). "Siméon, évêque de Furnus Majus". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 70 (4): 304–307.
  6. ^ "Furni". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Furni". New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. ^ Victor of Vita, History of the persecution by the Vandals, I, 3.
  9. ^ "Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Furni". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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