Henchir-Bel-Aït
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Henchir-Bel-Aït is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia.
The ruins are of the Roman era civitas of Tepela. The ruins include several columaide temples.[1][2]
The town of Tepela was also the seat of a small Roman Bishopric, which survives today as a titular Bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church,[3] and the current bishop is Daniel Anthony Hart.
References
[edit]- ^ Cagnat, René [Hrsg.: Les monuments historiques de la Tunisie] (university of Heidelberg, 1898) p116-117.
- ^ Charles Tissot, Rapport sur la mission en Tunisie de M. Julien Poinssot, séance du 28 septembre 1883 Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1883 Vol27 Num3 pp. 329-343.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Tepelta, at GCatholic.org.
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