Papias was a Greek Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis, and author who lived c. AD 60 – c. 130. He wrote the Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord in five books. This work, which is lost apart from brief excerpts in the works of Irenaeus of Lyons and Eusebius of Caesarea, is an important early source on Christian oral tradition and especially on the origins of the canonical Gospels.Wikipedia →