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Augusta

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A titular see of Cilicia in Asia Minor, whose episcopal list (363-434) is given in Gams (435). Several cities bore the same name in Roman antiquity, some of which are yet flourishing, e.g. Augusta Auscorum (Auch in Southern France); Augusta Batavorum (Leyden in Holland); Augusta Asturica (Astorga in Spain); Augusta Praetoria (Aosta in Italy); Augusta Rauracorum (Augst in Switzerland); Auinorum (Turin in Italy); Augusta Trevirorum (Trier in Germany); Augusta Trinobantum (London); Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg in Germany).

Sources

LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), II, 879-880; SMITH, Dict. Of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, 338.

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Augusta'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/augusta.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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