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Carthage
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Ancient city and modern town, Africa. It was founded by Phenician merchants, c.850B.C., razed by Rome, 146 B.C., rebuilt by Augustus 29 B.C., and destroyed by Arabs, A.D. 698. From a very early date of the Christian era it was a flourishing seat of Christianity and the scene of several synods, c.198-698.The bishops of the See of Carthage, founded c.202,from the time of Saint Cyprian, exercised a real though unofficial primacy in the African Church and among their privileges was the determination, a year in advance, of the date for the celebration of Easter. The number of persons martyred there in the arena was almost as great as that in Rome and among this number were Felicitas and Perpetua whose dungeon now serves as a chapel. The old amphitheater is in the hands of the White Fathers and excavations begun, c.1880,on the site of ancient Carthage and the vicinity, by Father Alphonse Delattre have disclosed what is ranked as the world's greatest collection of Christian lamps, three Christian basilicas, chapels, cemeteries, inscriptions, and Roman and Punic buildings of various types. Carthage lays claim to the oldest remains of Christian edifices, as in Rome they have been destroyed or rebuilt. Subsequent to the restoration, after a lapse of eight centuries, of the Archdiocese of Carthage, November 10, 1884, a beautiful cathedral on the ancient hill of Byrsa was dedicated, May 18, 1890, to Saint Louis of France by Cardinal Lavigerie. See also: African Church.
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Entry for 'Carthage'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/carthage.html. 1910.
