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Heraclides (born Cyprus, fl. 403), was a bishop of Ephesus. [1] [2] [3] References This page was last edited on 15 March 2023, at 09:03 (UTC). Text is available ...
Stephen became a presbyter in the city of Ephesus about 400 AD and then bishop in 448 AD. He was a staunch rival of his predecessor Bassianus and, as Bassianus himself had done four years earlier, usurped the episcopal see of Ephesus by force. In 448 he threw Bassianus without a trial into prison.
The bishop of neighbouring Smyrna, who had been subordinate to Ephesus and its major local rival for pre-eminence in the province of Asia, became an autocephalous archbishop, while Ephesus itself was demoted to second rank among the sees subject to Constantinople, after Caesarea in Cappadocia.
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The Acts of Timothy (Acta Timothei) are a work of New Testament apocrypha, most likely from the 5th century, which are primarily concerned with portraying the apostle Timothy as the first bishop of Ephesus and describing his death during a violent pagan festival in the same town.
The first known bishop was Franciscan named Corrado (fl1318) whom Le Quien called vir doctus et in linguis orientalis versatus. [7] On several occasions the bishopric was attributed to bishops who later became cardinals. The last Catholic holder was Giovanni Enrico Boccella, [8] [9] emeritus bishop of Smyrna, who died on 22 May 1992.
Polycrates of Ephesus (/ p ə ˈ l ɪ k r ə ˌ t iː z /; Greek: Πολυκράτης; fl. c. 130 – 196) was an Early Christian bishop at Ephesus. Polycrates convened a synod to establish Quartodecimanism as the official position on Easter. [1] His letter was written between 186 and 195 AD. [2]
And although the construction of this church was by imperial order, the people of Ephesus were the ones who did much of the building. [10] The marble decorations were made in Constantinople and perhaps in Ephesus as well. The bases, column and capitals of the nave were made and imported from Constantinople or the quarries of Proconnesus.