Claudius Apollinaris of Hierapolis

Apollinaris was bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and wrote an apology to Marcus Aurelius and works against pagans, Jews and Montanists. Only a few fragments survive, mostly about the date of the Passover.

Dates

floruit ca. 165-180 (approximate)

See or city

Hierapolis

Region

Phrygia (Asia Minor)

Also known as

Apolinarius

Notes

Bishop of Hierapolis in the reign of Marcus Aurelius; Serapion of Antioch and Eusebius name his writings (an apology to the emperor, books against the Greeks, on truth, on piety, against the Montanists, and On the Passover). Not to be confused with Apollinaris of Laodicea (d. ca. 390).

Works

• Fragments (not preserved in Eusebius)Fragmenta · ca. 165-180 · CPG 1230 (not yet checked)