Asclepiades ninth bishop OF ANTIOCH and confessor, succeeded Serapion as bishop in 203. Eusebius (Hist. Eccles. 6:11) mentions him as "having become conspicuous in the confessions during the time of the persecution" (of Severus). He was succeeded by Philetus in 218 (Nicephorus, Hist. Eccles. iii, 19; v, 26). See Baronius, sub ann. 203, 218.
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The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. James Strong and John McClintock; Haper and Brothers; NY; 1880.
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