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Albanopolis, Armenia

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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible by David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck ,2000,page 152: "... Bartholomew preached to the Indians and died at Albanopolis in Armenia). It was condemned in the Gelasian decree, referred
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preached and died in Armenia is possible, and is a unanimous tradition among the later historians of that country; ... earlier Armenian writers make little or no reference to him as connected with their
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The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: An Extraordinary Guide to Understanding the New Testament by Frank Viola,page 170: "... one of the Twelve, is beaten and crucified in Albanopolis, Armenia.
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The popular traditions concerning St Bartholomew are summed up in the Roman Martyrology, which says he "preached the gospel of Christ in India; thence he went into
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In the Life of apostle Bartholomew Baku is identified as Alban. Some historians assume that Baku during the existence of Caucasian Albania was called Albanopolis.
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but no conclusive evidence has been found of any such theory. Butler is also sceptical of the Albyrak suggestion stating while the assertion that Batholomew
56:, and when he had converted many people there to the faith he was flayed alive by the barbarians, and by command of King Astyages fulfilled his martyrdom" 206: 178: 158: 111:. Thus although a very holy Armenian Monastery guarded what was believed to be Bartholomew's tomb on the site, this was probably a later idea. 60:"India" was a name applied indifferently by Greek and Latin writers to Arabia, Ethiopia, Libya, Parthia, Persia and the lands of the Medes 227: 237: 43: 53: 27: 102:. The latter has a certain ring of truth given that the area of today's Azerbaijan was historically known as 79: 58:. However, Butler himself cautions about taking the geographical clues too literally. He points out that 183:
says "The place is said to have been Albanopolis (Derbend, on the west coast of the Caspian Sea)"
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Nonetheless, at least three locations have been proposed as possible sites of Albanopolis:
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The Search for the Twelve Apostles, by William Steuart McBirnie
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Albanopolis
ancient Armenia
Bartholomew
Lives of the Saints
Alban Butler
Greater Armenia
Derbend
Dagestan
Albyrak/Albac
Başkale
Armenian
Turkey
Baku
Azerbaijan
Albania
Sacred Lives, Batholomew
Butler on Batholomew
Butler's Lives of the Saints says "The place is said to have been Albanopolis (Derbend, on the west coast of the Caspian Sea)"
In the Life of apostle Bartholomew Baku is identified as Alban. Some historians assume that Baku during the existence of Caucasian Albania was called Albanopolis.
Butler's Lives of the Saints
Categories
Former populated places in Armenia
Holy cities
Former populated places in Turkey

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