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Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Church Fatherc. 60–130

Who

Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and companion of Polycarp; his Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord, known through Irenaeus and Eusebius, preserves the traditions about the making of Mark's and Matthew's Gospels. Irenaeus calls him a hearer of John; Eusebius thought he meant the presbyter John rather than the apostle.

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In the succession →

See of Hierapolis.

Taught by: John the Apostled. c. 100
Irenaeus, Against Heresies V.33.4 (a hearer of John and companion of Polycarp); doubted by Eusebius, Church History III.39 (disputed)

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