Marazanae
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Marazanae was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena[1][2] during the Roman Empire and into late antiquity.[3][4]
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Location
The town was between Sufes and Aquae Regiae.[5][6]
The ruins at Henchir-Guennara,[7] (Tunisia) dating from the Roman Empire are tentatively attributed to Marazanae.[8] The town appears on the Antonine Itinerary[9] and is believed to have been on a crossroads during antiquity.
Bishopric
The town was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.[10] During the Donatist controversy there were congregations both of Catholics and of Donatists in the town.[11] Marazane, perhaps identifiable with Henchir-Guenmara in today's Tunisia, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Bizacena Roman province.
There are five ancient documented bishops of Marazane.[12][13]
- Felice who took part in the Council of Carthage (256) called by Saint Cyprian to discuss the issue of the lapsii.
- At the Council of Carthage (411), between the Catholic and Donatists of Roman Africa the town was represented by the Catholic Eunomio and the Donatist Habetdeus.
- Vindiciano attended the synod assembled in Carthage by the Arian King Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom in 484, after which Vindiciano was exiled.
- Saturnino participated in the anti-monotheistic Council of 641.
Today the bishopric of Marazane survives as a titular bishopric[14] and the current bishop is Krzysztof Chudzio, auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl.