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Asclepiades of Antioch

c. 150 – c. 220 · Bishop of Antioch

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Ninth bishop of Antioch, succeeding Serapion c. 211; counted among the confessors of his day.

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Who was Asclepiades of Antioch?: Asclepiades of Antioch (150–220) — Ninth bishop of Antioch, succeeding Serapion c. 211; counted among the confessors of his day.
Who did Asclepiades of Antioch succeed as bishop of Antioch?: Serapion of Antioch.
Who succeeded Asclepiades of Antioch as bishop of Antioch?: Babylas of Antioch.

Sources for biography

Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.11, 6.21 primary

tradition connections(2)

succeeded in see Serapion of Antioch
Antiochene episcopal succession c. 211; only attested by Eusebius writing a century later.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.11, 6.21
succeeded in see (incoming) Babylas of Antioch
Antiochene episcopal succession via the brief intervening bishops Philetus and Zebinus reported only by Eusebius; no contemporary attestation.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.21, 6.29

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