Philip of Gortyna explained

Saint Philip of Gortyna
Death Date:180
Feast Day:11 April
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Titles:Apologist and Bishop of Gortyna
Canonized Date:pre-congregation

Saint Philip of Gortyna (Greek: Φίλιππος; died 180) was Bishop of Gortyna on Crete.[1] Little is known about him except for his authorship of a now lost treatise against the Gnostics. An Early Christian Apologist, he wrote in the time of Marcus Aurelius against Marcion. He was mentioned with great praise by Dionysius of Corinth in one of his letters to the Christian Community in Gortyna.

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  1. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5436 St. Philip of Gortyna