St. Papias of Hierapolis quotes from Papias of Hierapolis→ Previous Next Papias was a Greek Apostolic Father and Bishop of Hierapolis (modern-day Turkey) who lived c. 60 – c. 130 AD. He wrote the Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord, which is lost apart from brief excerpts in the works of Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180) and Eusebius