- Furni
Furni is a Roman Catholic
titular see and former bishopric inProconsular Africa (presentTunisia , about 40 km fromCarthage ), where two towns of this name are known to have existed.The one discovered in the ruins of
El-Msaadin , nearTebourba , had a bishop as early as the third century, Geminius Victor, who died shortly beforeSt. Cyprian . Another bishop, Simeon, assisted at theCouncil of Carthage in 525. The second Furni was discovered atHenchir-Boudja , about seven miles fromZama . ADonatist bishop of the see assisted at the synod held at Carthage in 411. The town was made famous by the courage of the martyrMansuetus of Urusi , who was burned alive, according to Victor of Vita (Histor. persec. Vandal., I, 3) at the gate of Urusi, also known as the gate of Furni. In 305, during the same persecution, the basilicas of Furni and Zama had been burned. At Henchir-Boudja may also be seen the ruins of aByzantine fortress.References
*Westermann, "Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte"
*CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324b.htm|title=Furni
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