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About this place

A spa city of the Lycus valley in Phrygia, near Colossae and Laodicea; Colossians mentions believers there. Papias was its bishop in the early second century and collected traditions about the Lord’s disciples. Later tradition said Philip the apostle, or Philip the evangelist, and his daughters lived and were buried here.

Where to start

The Early ChurchPapias of Hierapolis, Fragmentsc. AD 110–130 · Papias of Hierapolis
The New TestamentThe Letter to the Colossiansc. AD 55–62 if by Paul; otherwise c. AD 70–80 · Traditionally Paul; authorship disputed

Written or found here

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  1. AD 120c. AD 110–130

    Papias of Hierapolis, Fragments

    Papias of Hierapolis

    Quotations from a lost early-2nd-century work by the bishop of Hierapolis, who sought out what followers of the apostles remembered. They include the earliest statements about how the Gospels of Mark and Matthew were written.

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Every mention

11 writings
  1. AD 70The Letter to the ColossiansThe New Testament1×
  2. AD 70The Gospel of MarkThe New Testament1×
  3. AD 85The Gospel of MatthewThe New Testament1×
  4. AD 85The First Letter of PeterThe New Testament1×
  5. AD 100The First Letter of JohnThe New Testament1×
  6. AD 100The Second Letter of JohnThe New Testament1×
  7. AD 120Papias of Hierapolis, FragmentsThe Early Church3×
  8. AD 180Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IIIThe Early Church1×
  9. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IIIThe Early Church5×
  10. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book VThe Early Church1×
  11. 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier1×