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Asclepiades
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
ninth bishop OF ANTIOCH and confessor, succeeded Serapion as bishop in 203. Eusebius (Hist. Ecclesiastes 6:11) mentions him as "having become conspicuous in the confessions during the time of the persecution" (of Severus). He was succeeded by Philetus in 218 (Nicephorus, Hist. Eccles. iii, 19; v, 26). See Baronius, sub ann. 203, 218.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Asclepiades'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/asclepiades.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.