Demetrius of Antioch

Demetrius was bishop of Antioch in the 3rd century AD. In 253 he was taken to Persia as a captive by Shapur I, where he became the first bishop of Gundeshapur.^[1] Despite being far from his original see, Demetrius was not replaced as bishop of Antioch until Paul of Samosata became bishop in 260.^[2]

References

^ Baum, Wilhelm and Dietmar W. Winkler. The Church of the East: a concise history,, p. 9
^ Gillman, Ian and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Christians in Asia before 1500 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999), p. 30

Sources

Baum, Wilhelm; Winkler, Dietmar W. (2003). The Church of the East: A Concise History. London-New York: Routledge-Curzon. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[baum-1] Baum, Wilhelm and Dietmar W. Winkler. The Church of the East: a concise history,, p. 9

[gillman-2] Gillman, Ian and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Christians in Asia before 1500 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999), p. 30

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