Philip of Gortyna
Saint Philip of Gortyna (Greek: Φίλιππος; died 180) was Bishop of Gortyna on Crete. Little is known about him except for his authorship of a now lost treatise against the Gnostics. An early Christian Apologist, he wrote in the time of Marcus Aurelius against Marcion.
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Philip of Gortyna
- Name
- Philip of Gortyna
- Died
- 180
- Occupation
- writer · presbyter · bishop
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Saint Philip of Gortyna (Greek: Φίλιππος; died 180) was Bishop of Gortyna on Crete. Little is known about him except for his authorship of a now lost treatise against the Gnostics. An early Christian Apologist, he wrote in the time of Marcus Aurelius against Marcion.
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He was mentioned with great praise by Dionysius of Corinth in one of his letters to the Christian Community in Gortyna. He is generally commemorated with a feast day on 11 April, however in the Church of Crete his feast day is on 8 October.
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• Name — Philip of Gortyna • Died — 180 • Feast Day — 11 April 8 October (Church of Crete) • Venerated In — Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church • Titles — Apologist and Bishop of Gortyna • Canonized Date — pre-congregation • Honorific Prefix — Saint
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Philip of Gortyna died.
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- Eusebius, Hist. eccl., IV., xxiii. 5; Eng. transl., NPNF, 2 ser., i. 201
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri – Reuchlin
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