Strataes
Strataes was a 1st-century Bishop of Smyrna.[http://www.cogwriter.com/papirius.htm Papirius of Smyrna].
He was the second bishop of Smyrna, replacing the Biblical character Saint Apelles,[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2016:10 Romans 16:10] and he was reputed to have been a brother of the Biblical St Timothy.Bryan Cross, https://www.calledtocommunion.com/2014/06/the-bishops-of-history-and-the-catholic-faith-a-reply-to-brandon-addison/. (2014) Tradition holds that he was martyred.
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