Hierapolis (Phrygian Pentapolis)

{{Short description|Town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia}} {{redirect|Hieropolis||Hierapolis (disambiguation)}} '''Hierapolis''' /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ ({{langx|grc|Ιεράπολις}} ''Ierapolis'') or '''Hieropolis''' (Ιερόπολις)<ref>W. M. Ramsay, ''The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish Conquest'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=vhHVAAAAMAAJ Vol. 1, Part II] (Clarendon Press, 1897), pp. 679–683.</ref> was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.<ref>{{Cite Hierocles|p. 676}}</ref> Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius, the subject of a famous inscription.<ref>Ken Tully and Pamela D. Johnston (eds.), ''The Hagiography of Saint Abercius: Introduction, Texts, and Translations'' (Routledge, 2023), pp. 12–31.</ref>

Its site is located near Koçhisar in Asiatic Turkey.<ref name=Barrington>{{Barrington Atlas|page=62}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|30871}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Phrygia Category:Former populated places in Turkey Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey Category:Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Category:History of Afyonkarahisar Province Category:Sandıklı District