Zattara

Zattarawas an ancientRomanandByzantinetown in theAfricaprovince. It was located in present-dayKef ben-Zioune,south-east ofCalama,Algeria.The city was atitular seeof theRoman Catholic Church.

Zattara was aRoman municipality.Its stone ruins cover an area of fifteen hectares, hemmed in by the foothills of Kef Rih-west Hills and bounded on one side by a deepwadiravine. A necropolis was also situated to the west. The edifices were destroyed in Roman times, but rebuilt by theByzantines.

The citizens of the town seemed to serve in6th legion (victrix).^[1]^: 4

There are many inscriptions at Zattara.^[2]Among these inscriptions is an important one attesting to its status as a municipium, which readsmunicipii Zat(taresis) porticu et rostris.^[3]^[4]

Bishopric

The town was also the seat of an ancientbishopricin the province ofNumidia.^[5]It was founded around 400AD but ceased to effectively function with the coming of Islam in the 7th century. The see was nominally refounded in 1927^[6]and remains atitulartoday.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Known bishops

LicentiusCouncil of Carthage (411)fl.411. (Donatist)^[11]fl411.
Gennaro or Januarius (fl 484) participated in theCouncil of Carthage (484)under the Vandal kingHunericand was one of the four prelates who presented the Arian king of the profession of theCatholic-faith African bishops.
Felice (525–535) (Catholic)^[12]
Cresconio (fl. 553) attended theSecond Council of Constantinoplein 553.
Anton Oomen(1929–1957).
Arthur Douville(1967–1970).
Tadeusz Werno(1974–2022).

References

^Swan, Vivien G.(1992)."Legio VI and its Men: African Legionaries in Britain"(PDF).Journal of Roman Pottery Studies.5:1–34.
^Samuel Ball Platner,Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome(Cambridge University Press, 2015) p 586.
^Anthony R. Birley,The Roman Government of Britain(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005) p202.
^J. B. Bury, "A Lost Caesarea",The Cambridge Historical JournalVol. 1, No. 1 (1923), pp. 1–9.
^Joseph Bingham,Origines EcclesiasticaeVolume 3 (Straker, 1843)p229.
^Zattaraat GCatholic.org.
^Annuario Pontificio2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1)
^J. Mesnage,L'Afrique chrétienne,(Paris 1912), p. 398.
^H. Jaubert, "Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne" (Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine,vol. 46, 1913), p. 105.
^Stefano Antonio Morcelli,Africa christiana,Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 188
^Serge Lancel,Saint Augustine(Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2002)p251.
^Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière,Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533)p443.

[Swan-1] Swan, Vivien G.(1992)."Legio VI and its Men: African Legionaries in Britain"(PDF).Journal of Roman Pottery Studies.5:1–34.

[2] Samuel Ball Platner,Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome(Cambridge University Press, 2015) p 586.

[3] Anthony R. Birley,The Roman Government of Britain(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005) p202.

[4] J. B. Bury, "A Lost Caesarea",The Cambridge Historical JournalVol. 1, No. 1 (1923), pp. 1–9.

[5] Joseph Bingham,Origines EcclesiasticaeVolume 3 (Straker, 1843)p229.

[6] Zattaraat GCatholic.org.

[7] Annuario Pontificio2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1)

[8] J. Mesnage,L'Afrique chrétienne,(Paris 1912), p. 398.

[9] H. Jaubert, "Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne" (Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine,vol. 46, 1913), p. 105.

[10] Stefano Antonio Morcelli,Africa christiana,Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 188

[11] Serge Lancel,Saint Augustine(Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2002)p251.

[12] Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière,Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533)p443.

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