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    Philip the Apostle. Hierapolis was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. The Italian Archaeological Mission of Hierapolis of Frigia (MAIER) has...
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    The Hierapolis sawmill was a water-powered stone sawmill in the Ancient Greek city of Hierapolis in Roman Asia (modern-day Turkey). Dating to the second...
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    of the nearby town of Laodicea, would later form the centre of Hierapolis. Hierapolis was founded as a thermal spa early in the 2nd century BC within...
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  • such city : in modern Turkey Hierapolis, in Phrygia Pacatiana Secunda, near modern Pamukkale, south-western Turkey. Hierapolis in Phrygia remains a Latin...
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  • Archdiocese of Hierapolis may refer to: Archdiocese of Hierapolis in Phrygia Archdiocese of Hierapolis in Syria (also called Mabbug or Manbij) This disambiguation...
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    The Ploutonion at Hierapolis (Ancient Greek: Πλουτώνειον Ploutōneion, lit "Place of Pluto"; Latin: Plutonium) or Pluto's Gate was a ploutonion (a religious...
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    was Bishop of Hierapolis around the time of Ignatius of Antioch. In this office Papias was presumably succeeded by Abercius of Hierapolis. The name Papias...
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  • Manbij (redirect from Hierapolis Bambyce)
    (Ἱερόπολις, Hierópolis), the "City of the Sanctuary", and then as Hierapolis (Ἱεράπολις, Hierápolis), the "Holy City". This worship of Atargatis was immortalized...
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  • Agapius of Hierapolis, also called Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn (died after 942), was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij. He wrote a universal...
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  • Alexander of Hierapolis may refer to two different bishops of two different cities: Alexander of Hierapolis (Phrygia) (fl. 253), a bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia...
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    of Hierapolis in Syria was the metropolitan bishopric of the ecclesiastical province of the Euphratensis. It was based in the city of Hierapolis in Syria...
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    combined with a connecting rod in a machine, appears in the Ancient Greek Hierapolis sawmill in Roman Asia from the 3rd century AD and two stone sawmills at...
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  • Alexander of Hierapolis (Gr. Ἀλέξανδρος) (fl. 431) was a bishop of Hierapolis Bambyce in Roman Syria. Alexander was sent by John, bishop of Antioch, to...
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    Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer of the 2nd century. He was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and...
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    of Hierapolis in the Maeander valley, for the latter was in Phrygia Magna, or Pacatiana." He states that "The confusion of the two towns Hierapolis and...
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    appendix gives an embellished account of Philip's martyrdom in the city of Hierapolis. According to this account, through a miraculous healing and his preaching...
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    The diocese of Hierapolis, was a Christian bishopric in Phrygia (modern central Turkey). Through the influence of the Christian apostle Paul, a church...
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  • Stephen of Hierapolis (Greek: Στέφανος, fl. 600 AD) was a bishop of Hierapolis Bambyce, Syria. Stephen was the author of a hagiography of St. Golindouch...
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  • and much-debated occurrence of the term is in the account by Papias of Hierapolis on the origins of the canonical Gospels. Since the 19th century, New Testament...
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  • Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60 – c. 130) was bishop of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale in Turkey). Irenaeus describes him...
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    The earliest known mechanical mill is the Hierapolis sawmill, a Roman water-powered stone mill at Hierapolis, Asia Minor dating back to the 3rd century...
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  • Hierapolis in Isauria was a city and diocese in ancient Isauria, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Its modern site seems unclear. The city was...
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  • Alexander of Hierapolis (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; fl. 253 AD) was a bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern Pamukkale, Turkey). Alexander was the author of...
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    Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord of the Apostolic Father Papias of Hierapolis, who lived c. 70–163 AD, "Mary, mother of James the Less and Joseph, wife...
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    26 August 2022. "Tomb of the Apostle St.Philip in Hierapolis (Asia Minor, Turkey)". www.hierapolis-info.ru. Archived from the original on 20 February...
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    was Bishop of Hierapolis around the time of Ignatius of Antioch. In this office, Papias was presumably succeeded by Abercius of Hierapolis. The name Papias...
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    Laodicean Church) Hierapolis and Pamukkale World Heritage Sites -20 km (12 mi) north of Denizli Pamukkale travertines. The city of Hierapolis was founded by...
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  • Aelius Antipater or Antipater of Hierapolis (Greek: Αἴλιος Ἀντίπατρος; fl. AD 200) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician. He was a son of Zeuxidemus, and...
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  • Chariline, were buried in Hierapolis. Eusebius writes “After him there were four prophetesses, the daughters of Philip, at Hierapolis in Asia. Their tomb is...
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    believed to have been founded by Branchus, son or lover of Apollo. In Hierapolis Bambyce, Syria (modern Manbij), according to the treatise De Dea Syria...
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