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Philo of Tarsus

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a deacon. He was a companion of Ignatius of Antioch, and accompanied the martyr from the East to Rome, A.D. 107. He is twice mentioned in the epistles of Ignatius (Ad Philadelph. c. 11; Ad Smynaeos, c. 13). He is supposed to have written, along with Rheus Agathopus, the Martyrium Ignatii, for which (See IGNATIUS). See Cave, Hist. Litt. page 28 (ed. Geneva, 1720).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Philo of Tarsus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/philo-of-tarsus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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