Official Name: | Legis Volumni |
Other Name: | Lioua |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Biskra Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Legis Volumni was a Roman and Byzantine era town in the Roman province and Berber kingdom of Numidia in the Maghreb. It served as an ancient Latin Catholic diocese. The town is identified with ruins near the modern city of Lioua in Algeria.
Legis Volumini was also the seat of an ancient bishopric, which remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic church.[1] [2] [3]
Known Bishops