Castellum Minus

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).

Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

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]

References
  1. Castellum Minus, at Catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, Volume 3. (William Straker and J. H. Parker, 1840) p 232.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Castellum Minus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 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, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  7. Castellum minus at GCatholic.org.

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