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Also known as

• Papia di Gerapoli

Memorial

• 22 February

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Second century Apostolic Father. Friend of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna. Bishop of Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey). Author of lengthy commentaries on the life, teaching, and works of Jesus; they survive only in fragments.

Died

• early 2nd century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Papias of Hierapolis“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 February 2023. Web. 28 April 2024. <>