The Four Daughters of Philip

When was The Four Daughters active?

The Four Daughters of Philip is dated fl. c. 57 – c. 100 (deaths unrecorded) in the archive, which places The Four Daughters in the Apostolic Fathers (AD 70–130). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention The Four Daughters?

The Four Daughters of Philip is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Luke, Polycrates of Ephesus and Eusebius of Caesarea. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was The Four Daughters from?

The archive associates The Four Daughters of Philip with Caesarea Maritima, Hierapolis / Ephesus. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

Who were The Four Daughters’ contemporaries?

The archive links The Four Daughters of Philip to 5 other figures, including Philip the Evangelist, Agabus the Prophet, Papias of Hierapolis and Joseph Barsabbas Justus. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Philip, one of the twelve apostles, who fell asleep in Hierapolis; and his two aged virgin daughters, and another daughter, who lived in the Holy Spirit.

That Philip the apostle dwelt at Hierapolis with his daughters has already been stated; but it must be noted here that Papias, their contemporary, relates that he heard a wonderful tale from the daughters of Philip.