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Papias of Hierapolis

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'''Papias ''' (Greek: Παπίας), Bishop of Hierapolis<ref>[[Eusebius of Caesarea]] calls him "Bishop of Hierapolis"</ref> (modern Pamukkale, Turkey<ref>Pamukkale is 22km from Laodicea and near Colossae (see Col. 4:13), in the Lycus river valley in Phrygia, Asia Minor and is not to be confused with Hierapolis of Syria.</ref>), A.D. 70–155, was a 2nd century bishop of the early Church, who published an "Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord"<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.vii.html</ref> (Greek κυριακῶν λογίων ἐξηγήσις — Kyriakôn logiôn exêgêsis) in five volumes. This work is lost but survives in fragments quoted by [[Irenaeus of Lyons]] (d. 202) and [[Eusebius of Caesarea]] (d. 339).
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