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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.
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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 Acts tell how Paul had consecrated Timothy as bishop during Nero's reign on the occasion of a visit to Ephesus which they made together. Then, under Nerva, Timothy suffers a martyr's death during a pagan festival. [43] [44] Timothy "attempts to put an end to the wild and violent goings-on but himself falls victim to the orgies." [45] [46]
Moreover, according to the Christian tradition, the first bishop of Ephesus was Apostle Timothy, student of the Apostle Paul. [5] Until the 4th century AD, Christianity and Paganism co-existed in the city, but Christianity became the dominant religion in Ephesus in the course of time. This is mainly evident from the conversion of religious ...
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.
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 ...
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.