Papias of Hierapolis

Papias wrote an Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord in five books, now lost. The surviving fragments, chiefly in Irenaeus and Eusebius, report what he learned from elders about Mark and Matthew and about the millennium.

Dates

floruit ca. 110-140 (disputed)

See or city

Hierapolis

Region

Phrygia (Asia Minor)

Notes

Irenaeus calls him a hearer of John and a companion of Polycarp; Eusebius doubts that John was the apostle. His Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord (five books) survives only in quotations.

Works

• Fragments (not preserved in Eusebius or Irenaeus)Fragmenta · ca. 110-140 · CPG number not yet checked