Hierapolis (Phrygian Pentapolis)

{{Short description|Town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia}}

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Hierapolis /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ ({{langx|grc|Ιεράπολις}} Ierapolis) or Hieropolis (Ιερόπολις)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. was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.{{Cite Hierocles|p. 676}} Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius, the subject of a famous inscription.Ken Tully and Pamela D. Johnston (eds.), The Hagiography of Saint Abercius: Introduction, Texts, and Translations (Routledge, 2023), pp. 12–31.

Its site is located near Koçhisar in Asiatic Turkey.{{cite Barrington|62}}{{Cite DARE|30871}}