Douela
file:Korbous 2.JPG 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,[http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Tunisia/Tunisia+(general)/_2471334_Jabal+Douela.html Traveling Luck for Jabal Douela, Tunisia]. Korbous, and El Bredj.[http://mapcarta.com/17288852 Douala] at mapcarta.com.
Locality
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
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 townPoinssot, 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. 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.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 231.J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 59. This diocese remains today a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1177.htm&prev=search Titular Episcopal See of Mizigi].[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3m37.html Mizigi] in catholic-hierarchy.org 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)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.
- Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes of Guatemala is the current bishop.
The town also has a mosque.[http://placesmap.net/TN/Mosqu-e-Al-Rahma-Douela-2834995/ Mosquée Al Rahma Douela].