• The town of Maurocastrum (Medieval Greek: Μαυρόκαστρον, lit. 'Black Castle') was a settlement on the banks of the Dniester River, now the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...
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  • Leziniana     1745   Martyr of Vietnam Peter Sanz, OP     1747   Bishop of Maurocastrum, Martyr of China Francis Diaz     1748   Joachim Royo     1748   Blessed...
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    Polish crown received access to the Black Sea through the port city of Maurocastrum in order to ensure the vitality of the commercial centre of Lwów and...
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    consecrated a bishop on 22 February 1730 with the new titular see of Maurocastrum by the Bishop of Nanking, Emmanuel de Jesus-Maria-Joseph, with João de...
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    actually located. At Medieval times Akkerman, at that time known as Maurocastrum, was a trade port of Byzantine and later Genoese colonies out of the...
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    David was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Bardstown and Titular Bishop of Maurocastrum by Pope Pius VII. He received his episcopal consecration on August 15...
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  • Balkan campaigns Maurice Spata Maurikios Chartoularios Maurizio Galbaio Maurocastrum Mauropotamos, Battle of Mauro-Roman Kingdom Mauros Mausoleum of Galla...
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