Feradi Minor was an ancient town in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis in the Sahel region of Tunisia. During late antiquity it was in the province of Byzacena.
During the Roman Empire Ferada was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena. Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church, Volume 1 (H.G. Bohn, 1856) p414. Unlike its namesake, Pheradi Majius, the exact location of this town is unknown, but it was located in what is northern Tunisia.
Feradi Minor, was also the seatDie Apostolische Nachfolge, Stand: Annuario Pontificio 1869 - 25.01.2017. . of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 157. Only one bishop of this diocese is known, Feliciano, a Catholic bishop at the Council of Carthage of 411 at that time the seat had no Donatist bishops. Today Feradi Minor survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Canavarros Edmilson Tadeu dos Santos, Feradi Minor at catholic-hierarchy.org.Feradi Minor at gcatholic.org. who replaced Salvador Q. Quizon in 2016.Nomina di Ausiliare di Manaus (Brasile). In: Daily Bulletin, Press Office of the Holy See , 12 October 2016.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ).
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