the ancient city of pupput would have become vicus again in late antiquity. an episcopal seat of puppi, corresponding to the modern souk-el-abiodh south of hammamet, is indicated in the lists of bishops of 411 (donatist and catholic), 484, 525 and 646. puppi was the seat of an ancient christian episcopal see of the roman province of africa proconsolaris, a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of carthage. there are records of six bishops of the diocese of puppi. two of the bishops, the catholic pannonio and the donatist vittoriano, attended the council of carthage in 411 when catholics and donatists gathered together called to resolve the donatist schism in roman africa. a third bishop, aurelio, was an attendee of the council of chalcedon in 451. bishop pastinato attended the vandal synod of carthage in 484 called by king huneric in 484 in an attempt to persuade the catholic bishops to convert to arianism. after the synod pastinato was exiled. bishop fortunato attended the carthaginian council of 525 and bishop guloso attended an anti-monothelite council in 646.