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Floriana, Mauritania was an ancientRoman–Berbercivitas in theprovince ofMauretania Caesariensis inAfrica Proconsulare. It existed during theVandal Kingdom,Byzantine Empire, andRoman Empire. The town of Floriana has been tentatively identified withruins at Letourneux,Derrag in northernAlgeria.[1]
The Roman town of Floriana, was theseat of an ancientRoman Catholicdiocese.[2][3][4] The only known bishop from antiquity is Restituto, who took part in thesynod assembled in Carthage in 484 by theVandal KingHuneric, after which Restituto was exiled. The town andBishopric did not effectively survive theMuslim conquest of the Maghreb but today Floriana survives as atitular bishopric and the current archbishop isGeorge Panamthundil, apostolic nuncio toKyrgyzstan andTajikistan.[5]
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