Abercius of Hieropolis

Abercius of Hieropolis

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name=Abercius, Bishop of Hieropolis
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feast_day=October 22/November 4
venerated_in=Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church


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titles=Equal-to-the-Apostles
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Abercius of Hieropolis (Greek polytonic|Αβέρκιος, ? - d. c. 167) was a bishop of Hierapolis at the time of Marcus Aurelius, also known as Abercius Marcellus [citeweb|title=St. Abercius Marcellus - Catholic Online|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1074|accessdate=2007-09-08] . He was supposedly the successor to Papias.

He is said to have evangelized Syria and Mesopotamia, and is on that basis referred to as one of the Equals-to-the-Apostles. He was imprisoned under Marcus Aurelius, and died about 167.

His feast day is celebrated on October 22 (for those churches which follow the Julian Calendar, October 22 occurs on the Gregorian Calendar date of November 4).

Several works are ascribed to him:
# "An Epistle to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius", of which Baronius speaks as extant, but he does not produce it
# A "Book of Discipline" (Greek polytonic|Βίβλος διδασκαλίας) addressed to his clergy; this too is lost.Citation
last = Albany James
first = Christie
author-link = Albany James Christie
contribution = Abercius
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 2
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place =
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0011.html ]

He is also the subject, and probable author, of the Inscription of Abercius, preserved in the Vatican Museum.

References

Footnotes

Other sources

*Holweck, F. G., "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.

External links

* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103022 St Abercius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Hieropolis, Equal of the Apostles] Orthodox icon and synaxarion
* [http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=October&day=22 Saint Abercius, Equal to the Apostles] from the "Prologue from Ochrid" by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich


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