Furni, also known as a Furnos Maius and Ain-Fourna,[1][2] was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis[3][4] on the Oued Kibira tributary of the Meliane[5] River (about seven miles from Zama).[6][7]
A Donatist bishop of the see assisted at the Council of Carthage (411). The town was made famous by the courage of the martyr Mansuetus of Urusi, who was burned alive, according to Victor of Vita[8] at the gate of Urusi, also known as the gate of Furni. In 305, during the same persecution the basilicas of Furni and Zama had been burned.[7]
The diocese was refounded in name at least in the 20th century, as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is Aliaksandr Yasheuski.[9]
The city is sometimes cited as being the ruins at Henchir-Boudja, though these ruins are known to be Lemsa through in situ inscriptions.
References edit
- ^ "Furnos Maius (Ain Fourna)". Trismegistos. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Furnos Maior (Titular See)/Furnitanus Maior". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Hitchner, R. "Places: 314959 (Furnos Maius)". Pleiades. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "About: Furnos Maius, Ain-Fourna". Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Poinssot, Louis (1926). "Siméon, évêque de Furnus Majus". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 70 (4): 304–307.
- ^ "Furni". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Furni". New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Victor of Vita, History of the persecution by the Vandals, I, 3.
- ^ "Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Furni". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.