Demetrius of Antioch

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Demetrius was bishop of Antioch in the AD 3rd Century. In 253 he was taken to Persia as a captive by Shapur I. Despite being far from his see, Demetrius was not replaced as bishop until Paul of Samosata became bishop in 260.

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Gillman, Ian and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Christians in Asia before 1500 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999) p. 30