Person
Pliny the Younger
c. 61-c. 113
governor of Bithynia-Pontus, non-Christian source
Hostile source. A persecuting governor, though not malicious.
Attested. Authentic (consensus). Witnesses to Christians, not directly to Jesus' life.
As governor, Pliny asked Trajan how to treat Christians, describing them meeting before dawn on a fixed day to sing 'a hymn to Christ as to a god'. Trajan replied they should not be sought out.
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- Bithynia-Pontus (province) · governor; wrote to Trajan · c. 110-112 · attested
- Amasra · province city (letters from the province) · c. 111 · attested
- Nicomedia · provincial capital · c. 111 · attested Same site as hb-nicomedia.
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