The Roman Catholic Diocese of Civita was a Latin Catholic bishopric in the Gallura region of northeastern Sardinia, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The Basilica of San Simplicio in Olbia (former cathedral of Civita)
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Olbia is a city and comune, which along with Tempio Pausania is a co-capital of the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, in the historical regi
Roman Catholic Diocese of Civita
…Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias. No later than the sixth century, a Roman bishopric was established at a place called Pausania or Phausania, which may be Olbia, Tempio Pausania or even Posada (50 km south of Olbia). While the local Saint Simplicius is traditionally called its first bishop (4th century ?), a…
November 2014 aerial photograph of Olbia. The airport and the harbour are both visible.
Harbour
Archaeological museum