Name
Aberkios, bishop of Hierapolis, ob. 2nd c.
Saint ID
S02695
Number in BH
BHG 2-4b
Reported Death Not Before
169
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E07082 | The Greek Life of *Aberkios (bishop of Hierapolis, S02695) recounts the story of a bishop who supposedly converted Hierapolis in the 2nd century; it describes his miracles, including the exorcism of the emperor’s daughter in Rome, and missionary journeys in Syria, Cilicia, and Mesopotamia, for which he was styled Isapostolos, ‘equal to the Apostles’; he died peacefully and was buried in a tomb with an inscription. Written in Hierapolis of Phrygia (west central Asia Minor) in the late 4th or 5th century. |
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