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Thucca was a town in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis. Pliny the Elder describes it as "impositum mari et flumini Ampsagae" (overlooking the sea and the River Ampsaga), and thus on the border with Numidia.〔Stefano Antonio Morcelli, (''Africa christiana'' ), Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 316〕 Its site is now occupied by the ruins of Merdja in present-day Algeria The town is referred to as Thucca in Mauretania to distinguish it from Thucca in Numidia, which is today Henchir-El-Abiodh, further east in Algeria. Both towns became Christian bishoprics and are included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.〔''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 999〕 The names of two of the bishops of Thucca in Mauretania are known:〔 * Honoratus, who spoke at the synod at Carthage in 255; * Uzulus, one of the Catholic bishops that Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thucca in Mauretania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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