city
Antioch
Antakya, Turkey
36.202, 36.161
Attested. Acts and Ignatius attest an early community. Later patriarchal claims are institutional history, not first-century fact.
A major Roman city in Syria where Greek-speaking followers of Jesus were early and where the name 'Christian' is first reported. Later a patriarchal see and a center of biblical interpretation.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Cited notes
40. 'The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.'
Acts 11:26 (BSB) · Verified in the source note
Further reading
Councils here
- Antioch synods (about 264–268)
- Antioch (Dedication) (341)