Alexander of Hierapolis (Phrygia)
Alexander of Hierapolis (Gr. Ἀλέξανδρος) (fl. 253) was a bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern Pamukkale, Turkey).[1]
He was the author of a book entitled On the new things introduced by Christ into the world (τί καινὸν εἰσήνεγκε Χριστός εἰς τὸν κόσμον. κεφ. θ'), which is no longer extant.
References
- ↑ Christie, Albany James (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 116.
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