Hierapolis /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ιεράπολις Ierapolis) or Hieropolis (Ιερόπολις)[1] was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius, the subject of a famous inscription.[2]
Its site is located near Koçhisar in Asiatic Turkey.