Girus Tarasii

Girus Tarasii was a town in the Roman province of Numidia that became a residential episcopal see.

It is tentatively identified with ruins situated at what is now called Henchir-Tarsa in Algeria.

[1] Girus Tarasii was probably the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives as a titular see of the Catholic Church,[1] by the name Tarasa in Numidia.

[4] The city may have been the home of Zosimus,[5] who participated in the Council of Carthage (256) called by Cyprian to discuss the problem of Lapsi, though more likely he was of Tarasa of Byzacena.

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