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Tertullus
In the Bible, Tertullus (a modification of "Tertius") was a lawyer, who was employed by the Jews to state their case against Paul in the presence of Felix (Acts 24:1-9).
The charges he raised against the apostle were "First, that he created disturbances among the Romans throughout the empire, an offence against the Roman government ("crimen majestatis"). Secondly, that he was a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes; disturbed the Jews in the exercise of
Cilibia, Africa
Cilibia was an Ancient city and bishopric in Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
History.
Cilibia, probably at the site of Henchir-Kelbia in present Tunisia, was among the many cities in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis that were important enough to become a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Carthage, in the papal sway.
Three of its bishops are historically documented, "including a schismatic:
- " Tertullus was among the Donatist heretical bishops attending the