Aquae Sirenses

Area of Aquae Sirenses

Aquae Sirenses (Acque Sirensi) also known as Aquaesirensis is an ancient Roman colonia and a modern titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in Algeria.[1][2][3]

The name means Sirens Water, and was a bath town.

The ruins of this ancient city are located near the thermal baths of Hammam Bou Hani.

Bishopric

History

There are two known bishops of this ancient diocese. Onorato who represented the Donatists at the Council of Carthage of 411AD. The grave of his sister Robba, revered as a martyr by the Donatists, was found in Ala Miliaria recently. The other Bishop, Felice was among the Catholic prelates summoned to Carthage from the Vandal king Huneric in 484. The current Bishop is Heinrich Janssen, former auxiliary bishop of Münster.

Edward Materski.

Known bishops

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 464
  2. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 81–82.
  3. ↑ J. Mesnage L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 479.


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