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The Christian writer Clement states (Strom. III.52) that Philip was married, had children, and one of his daughters was also married. Eusebius quotes (H.E. III.39) a story from Papias, bishop of Hieropolis , that he had heard from one of Philip's daughters.
According to later Christian tradition, after Jesus' death and resurrection Philip went about both preaching and working miracles. His travels took him to Galilee, Greece (where he established Narcissos as bishop), Azota, Syria, and Phrygia.
Eusebius quotes Polycrates , 2nd century bishop of Ephesus, who wrote that Philip was buried in Hieropolis with his virgin daughters, while another daughter was buried at Ephesus. In Phrygia, he was preaching together with Bartholomew, and through prayer killed a large serpent in a temple devoted to serpent worship, and healed many people of snake bites. The city governor and pagan priest caused Philip and Bartholomew to be crucified. While they were crucified, a large earthquake knocked everyone to the ground, and Philip prayed for everyone's safety. Seeing the earthquake abate, the people demanded that Philip and Bartholomew be released. Although Bartholomew survived, Philip, the city governor, and the pagan priest all died that day.
Philip's authority was invoked by the Gnostics, who ascribed to the apostle a number of works; for example, a Gospel of PhilipAmong Early Christian writings of the Gnostic traditions, the Gospel of Philip written c. AD 180 350, is a series of logia or pithy aphoristic utterances, most of them apparently quotations and excerpts of lost writings, without any attempt at a narrative forms part of the Nag HammadiNag Hammadi is a village in the middle of Egypt, called Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, about 225 kilometres north-west of Aswan with some 30. 000 citizens. It is mostly a peasant area where goods such as sugar and aluminium are produced. The Nag Ham library.
The apostle Philip is sometimes confused with Philip the EvangelistPhilip the Evangelist appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles but should not be confused with Philip the Apostle. He was one of the seven deacons chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (Acts 6). He preached and perfo, who appears in several episodes of Acts.
Christian martyrsMartyrdom is a form of religious persecution. The word martyr' comes from the Greek word translated "witness". A Christian martyr is one who chooses to die, usually by means of a cruel or tortured means like stoning, crucifixion, beheading, etc. instead o Ancient Roman Christianity