Vegesela in Numidia
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Vegesela (in Numidia) was an ancient city and former episcopal see in Roman North Africa and remains a Latin Church titular see of the Catholic Church.
Its present location, in Algeria, may be Ksar-Bou-Saïd, Ksar-El-Kelb or Henchir-El-Abiodh.
It was among the many cities of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan diocese under the Pope of Rome, but faded, presumably at the seventh century advent of Islam.
Four of it bishops are historically documented :
- According to Church father Augustine of Hippo, the Council of Carthage of 401 deposed the unnamed bishop of Vegesela di Numidia, but that is dubious, possibly happened much earlier, as in 397 the see was occupied by Reginus, who attended the Council of Carthage of 411, among the Catholic bishops, like his schismatic heretic Donatist counterpart Gavinus.
- Donatianus, participant of the Council of Carthage of 484, called by king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after which he was exiled like most Catholic bishops
- Gennarus, who attended the Council of Carthage of 525.