Alexander of Hierapolis (Phrygia)

Alexander of Hierapolis (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; fl. 253 AD) was a bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern Pamukkale, Turkey).^[1]

Alexander was the author of a book entitled On the new things introduced by Christ into the world (τί καινὸν εἰσήνεγκε Χριστός εἰς τὸν κόσμον. κεφ. θ'), which is no longer extant.

References

^ Christie, Albany James (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 116.

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[DGRBM-1] Christie, Albany James (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 116.

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