Mimiana was a Roman town in the Roman province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town is not currently known.

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Bishopric

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Mimiana was the center of an ancient Christian bishopric during the Byzantine Empire and Vandal Kingdom.[1][2] There are only three modern bishops and only one ancient bishop known for the diocese.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230
  3. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Mimiana, at GCatholic.org.
  4. ^ Vitor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution, p40.
  5. ^ Leonard Ralph Holme, The Extinction of the Christian Churches in North Africa (Clay, 1898 ) p131.
  6. ^ John R. C. Martyn (Cambridge Scholars, 1 Dec. 2008) p44.