Henchir-Boucha is a former Catholic diocese and archaeological site in Tunisia.Titular Episcopal See of Tubyza Tubyzanus at catholic-hierarchy.org.
Henchir-Boucha is at between Majaz al Bab and Bir al Mashariqah, central Tunisia. The site is 189 meters above sea level. Henchir Boucha: Tunisia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, USA . and is on the Oued Zitoun lake and Oued es Sid River.
History During the Roman Empire and late antiquity Henchir-Boucha was the site of an ancient Roman townVictor Guérin, Archaeological Journey in the Regency of Tunis (Рипол Классик). called Tubyza and was in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis (now northern Tunisia). The remains of a large Roman Circus is at the site.John H. Humphrey: Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1986,[Commodum] site no. 028.113, Henchir Fraxine/Henchir Bou Cha (anc. Municipium Aurelium Commodum) (doc page: 98; PDF page: 99)(gives UTM coordinates: 358,900N; 498,350E = approx: 36 deg 32' N, 9 deg 53' E) from Institut National du Patrimoine Tunisie | Archaeological Map | Carte National des Sites Arqueologiques e des Monuments Historiques | Bir Mcherga 028 | Cahier BIR MCHERGA 028 . Pflaum H. G., "Romanisation de l'ancien territoire de la Carthage punique" - in Antiquités africaines, 4, 1970. pp. 75-118..
Tubyza may have been a suburb of the nearby city Municipium Aurelium Commodianum.
Bishopric Tubyza was the seat of an ancient Catholic bishopric.Tubyza in catholic-hierarchy.org (English). It is now a titular bishopric.Apostolic Succession - Titular Sonship .
In antiquity, two bishops from Henchir-Boucha are known. Felix of Tubyza, was beheaded in Rome under Diocletian (15 January 304) for not handing over scriptures (traditor),Tracts for the Times, Volumes 1-2 (1840) p81.John Richardson, The Canon of the New Testament Vindicated (1700) p38. and Honorius, who attended the Council of Carthage (411). The current bishop is Lucio Alfert of Paraguay.
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