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Octabia

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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Octaba was an ancient RomanBerber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and Byzacena in late antiquity.[1] Its exact location is now lost, but it was in the Sahel region of Tunisia. In 484AD the town's Catholic bishop, Sabinico, attended a synod in Carthage called by the Arian king Huneric, the Vandal.[2] At the conclusion of that synod, Sabinico was sent into exile by the king.

Today Octabia survives only as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.

Bishops of Octabia

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Coat of arms of the titular bishop of Octabia

References

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  1. ^ The diocese of Octaba at www.gcatholic.org
  2. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 214.
  3. ^ "diocese/d2o35". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.