Elephantaria in Mauretania

Elephantaria in Mauretania was an ancient city in the Maghreb during the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires.^[1][2] It is shown on the Peutinger Table map.^[3]

Roman North Africa

Today, the city exists only as unexcavated ruins at Henchir, a suburb of Algiers, and a titular see in the Mauretania Caesariensis province of the Roman Catholic Church. Until 2020 the title was held by Angelo Moreschi, of Ethiopia.^[4][5]

References

1. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Bettoni, Africa Christiana: in tres partes tributa (ex officina Bettoniana, 1816) page 154.
2. August Pauly, Real-encyclopedia of the class. Alterthumswissenschaften in alphabetical order, Volume 3 (Metzler, 1844) page 78.
3. Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830–1900 (BRILL, 8 May 2014) page 118.
4. Titular Episcopal See of Elephantaria in Mauretania.
5. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013.