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==Ecclesiastical history==

[[Lequien]] names ten bishops of Hierapolis.<ref>''Or. Christ.'' '''II''' 925-8</ref> Among the best-known are [[Alexander of Hierapolis (Syria)|Alexander of Hierapolis]], an ardent advocate of [[Nestorianism]], who died in exile in Egypt; [[Philoxenus of Mabbug]], a famous [[Miaphysite]] scholar; and [[Stephen of Hierapolis]] (c. 600), author of a life of [[St. Golindouch]]. In the sixth century, the metropolitan see had nine suffragan bishoprics.<ref>''Échos d'Orient'' '''14''':145</ref> Chabot mentions thirteen [[West Syrian Rite|Jacobite]] archbishops from the ninth to the twelfth century.<ref>''Revue de l'orient chrétien'' '''VI''':200</ref> One Latin bishop, Franco, in 1136, is known.<ref name='ce'>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Hierapolis (2)|display=Hierapolis}}</ref><ref>Lequien, III, 1193</ref>

'''Hierapolis in Syria''' is the nominal see of three Catholic successor titular sees:
* the Latin Catholic Metropolitan titular archbishopric of [[Hierapolis of the Romans]]
* the Melkite Catholic Titular Archbishopric of [[Hierapolis of the Melkites]]
* the Syrian Titular Bishopric of [[Hierapolis of the Syrians]]