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Papias

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Bishop of Hierapolis, in Phrygia, who flourished in the middle of the 2nd century, and wrote a book entitled "Exposition of the Lord's Sayings," fragments of which have been preserved by Eusebius and others; he was, it is said, the companion of Polycarp.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Papias'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/papias.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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