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Aeliae


Aeliae or Æliæ was a Roman era city in the province of Byzacena.

The town must have been of some importance as it was made a bishopric early after the Council of Nicaea and it was a Catholic diocese throughout antiquity, remaining a titular see of the Roman Catholic church today.

Its exact location is tentatively given as ruins near Henchir-Mraba southeast of Ouled Chamekh, between lake Sebkhet Cherita and Sebkhet de Sidi El Hani in the central part of what is today Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia.

Aeliae was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric. There are three bishops documented as residing in Aeliae during antiquity.

Today Aeliae survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Walter James Edyvean, former auxiliary bishop of Boston. It remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is Walter James Edyvean of Boston.


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