Hierapolis (Phrygian Pentapolis)

"Hieropolis" redirects here. For other uses, see Hierapolis (disambiguation).

Hierapolis /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ (Ancient Greek: Ιεράπολις Ierapolis) or Hieropolis (Ιερόπολις)^[1] was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.^[2] Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius, the subject of a famous inscription.^[3]

Its site is located near Koçhisar in Asiatic Turkey.^[4][5]

References

1. W. M. Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish Conquest, Vol. 1, Part II (Clarendon Press, 1897), pp. 679–683.
2. Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 676.
3. Ken Tully and Pamela D. Johnston (eds.), The Hagiography of Saint Abercius: Introduction, Texts, and Translations (Routledge, 2023), pp. 12–31.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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