Douela

country around Douela

Douela or Douala is a village and locality in Tunisia, situated on the Mediterranean coast at latitude 36.8167°, longitude 10.5667° (37km east of Tunis) and near Sīdī `Ammār,[1] Korbous, and El Bredj.[2]

## Locality

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Douela lies on the Cap Bon peninsula surrounded by the Qorbus Forest, the area especially the thermal springs at nearby Korbous have been popular as a health resort since Roman times.

## History

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During the Roman Empire and late antiquity the village of Douela was a town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The site has revealed numerous inscription in the ruins of the Roman town[3] which tell us the Ancient town was a civitas known as Mizigitanorum.

In antiquity, Douela was also the seat of a Christian bishopric known as Mizigi.[4][5][6] This diocese remains today a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. [7][8] Only two bishops of ancient Douela (Mizigi) are known.

* The name of Adeodatus was discovered in the inscription on the dedication of a church, possibly the bishop who had it built.
* Placido attended the Council of Carthage (525)[9]
* Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes of Guatemala is the current bishop.

The town also has a mosque.[10]

## References

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1. ^ Traveling Luck for Jabal Douela, Tunisia.
2. ^ Douala at mapcarta.com.
3. ^ Poinssot, Louis "La Civitas Mizigitanorum et le pagus Assalitanus" (Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) (1920) vol64, Num3 p285–288.
4. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
5. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 231.
6. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 59.
7. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Mizigi.
8. ^ Mizigi in catholic-hierarchy.org
9. ^ Poinssot, Louis "La Civitas Mizigitanorum et le pagus Assalitanus" (Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) (1920) vol64, Num3 p287.
10. ^ Mosquée Al Rahma Douela.