Foratiana was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the province of Byzacena and Africa Proconsularis in the Sahel region of Tunisia.Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticae - Volume 3 -(1840) Page 230] .
The civitas was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese. It survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, suffran to Carthage. Known Bishops include: Bishop BonificeJonathan Conant, Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700(Cambridge University Press, 2012) p175.Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution John William Comber 1959–1998 Alberto Bottari de Castello 1999–2007 José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez (El Salvador) 2008–2009 Bosco Puthur (India) 2010–2014 Mar Bawai Soro 2014
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