Voli

Not to be confused with VOLI.

Volitanus also known as Voli and Bolitana^[1] was a Roman era civitas (town)^[2] of Africa Proconsularis,^[3] a suffragan metropolis of Carthage in Roman North Africa.^[4]

Africa proconsularis SPQR.

Location

The town of Voli is now in modern Tunisia, though the exact location of Voli is not known for certain^[5] The village of Sidi Medien Zaghouan province (latitude 36°20'3.57", longitude 10°5'22.15") has been suggested due to similarity of names. The issue with Sidi Medien is that here the Roman Era town appears to have been a colonia, by the name of Vallitanus^[6] (Vallis) while the name of Voli was probably Bolitana.

Bishopric

The town was a seat of a Bishopric^[7] in Africa Proconsularis and suffran to Cartagine, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

Augustine records that the Diocese of Carthage celebrated the feast day of the martyrs of Bolitana^[8] on 17 October.^[9][10]

The deacon Peregrinus of Bolitana civitas who was martyred under Diocletian after his conviction by the proconsul Caius Annius Anullinus He has a feast day of 23 April.

In 411 rival bishops Crispus (Catholic) and Quodvultdeus (Donatist) attended the Council of Carthage (411).^[11] The Council found for Crispus. In 418, Bishop Muranus (Catholic) attended the Council of Carthage, and in 484 Bonifatius (Catholic).^[12] attended the Council of Huneric, king of the Vandals.^[13]

The current bishop is Janusz S. Urbanczyk, who replaced Emil Paul Tscherrig, (4 May 1996 - 30 September 2023 created Cardinal deacon of San Giuseppe in Via Trionfale)