Albanopolis

E124803

ancient city historical settlement place in Christian tradition

Albanopolis is a historically obscure city or town, traditionally identified in Christian tradition as the place where the Apostle Bartholomew was martyred.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Albanopolis canonical	1
Albanopolis (ancient city in modern Albania)	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ place in Christian tradition ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Bartholomew ⓘ surface form: Bartholomew the Apostle
associatedWithFigure	King Polymius (in some Bartholomew traditions) ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	early Christianity ⓘ
culturalSignificance	site of apostolic martyrdom in Christian memory ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Albanopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albanopolis (ancient city in modern Albania) Albanopolis in Illyria ⓘ
evidenceType	literary tradition rather than archaeological evidence ⓘ
existence	disputed by modern scholars ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Albanopolis of Armenia ⓘ surface form: Albanopolis (Armenia) Albanopolis of Armenia ⓘ
hasLanguageContext	Greek toponym ⓘ
hasNameMeaning	"city of the Albanians" or "city of Alba" (interpretative) ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	martyrdom of the Apostle Bartholomew (traditional) ⓘ
hasReligionTradition	Christianity ⓘ
hasSourceType	ecclesiastical tradition ⓘ hagiographic literature ⓘ
historicalStatus	obscure ⓘ poorly attested in primary sources ⓘ
locatedInContestedRegion	Caucasian Albania ⓘ surface form: Armenia or Caucasian Albania (uncertain)
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Armenia ⓘ
locationCertainty	uncertain ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of Bartholomew (apocryphal tradition) ⓘ Christian hagiographical tradition ⓘ
nameEtymology	from Greek "Albanos" + "polis" (city) ⓘ
scholarlyDiscussion	subject of debate in historical geography of Armenia and Caucasus ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity (traditional setting) ⓘ
traditionallyKnownAs	place of the martyrdom of the Apostle Bartholomew ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Bartholomew → traditionallyMartyredIn → Albanopolis ⓘ

Albanopolis → distinguishedFrom → Albanopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albanopolis (ancient city in modern Albania)