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Abercius, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, -approximately 200

LC control no.no 00014333
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAbercius, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, -approximately 200
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Variant(s)Abercius Marcellus, Saint, Bishop of Hieropolis, -approximately 200
Avercius Marcellus, Saint, Bishop of Hieropolis, -approximately 200
Aberkios, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, -approximately 200
Ἀβέρκιος, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, -approximately 200
Abercius, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, d. ca. 200
Associated countryPhrygia
Associated placeHierapolis (Turkey : Extinct city)
Death date0200~
Profession or occupationBishops
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inHarnack, Adolf von. Zur Abercius-Inschrift, 1895.
Dictionary of Catholic biography, 1961 (Abercius Marcellus, St., 2nd century)
Dictionary of saints, 1980 (Abercius, died ca. 200; a resident of Phrygia Salutaris, Abercius Marcellus is now believed to have been bishop of Hierapolis)
New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 1, page 20 (under Abercius, Epitaph of: Abercius, Bishop of Hieropolis; his epitaph, composed at the end of the second century, was discovered in 1883 by the British archaeologist W. Ramsay in Hieropolis, near Synnada, in Phrygia Minor)
Biographical dictionary of the saints (Abercius, Bp. of Hierapolis near Synnada in Phrygia at the time of Marcus Aurelius; d. ca. 167)
Dieterich, Albrecht. Die Grabschrift des Aberkios, 1896: title page (Aberkios)
English Wikipedia, viewed July 24, 2019 (Abercius of Hieropolis; Ἀβέρκιος; died ca. 167; bishop of Hieropolis at the time of Marcus Auelius; also known as Abercius Marcellus; imprisoned under Marcus Aurelius; subject, and probable author, of the Inscription of Abercius)
Zahn, Theodor. Paralipomena, 1893: page 57, etc. (Avercius Marcellus von Hieropolis)
Not found inEncy. Brit. online.
Associated languagegrc
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