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Hippolytus on the Twelve Apostles

Hippolytus

Section 8

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Author: Hippolytus

8. And Thomas preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians

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,

Hyrcanians

,

Bactrians

,

and

Margians

,

and

was

thrust

through

in

the

four

members

of

his

body

with

a

pine

spear

at

Calamene

,

the

city

of

India

,

and

was

buried

there

.

Notes

4
Μάργοις. Combefisius proposes Μάρδοις. Jerome has “Magis.”
5
The text is ἐλακήδη ἐλογχιάσθη, ἐλακήδη being probably for ἐλάτῃ.
6
Καλαμήνῃ. Steph. le Moyne reads Καραμήνῃ.