Very little is known about Quadratus as a person other than what is said of him from others. Montanism pointed him out as a prophet who taught prophecy to others but there is no clear evidence of this, however other reliable sources can tell us a few things about him, first of all that he was a disciple of the apostles and that he was based in Athens, Greece where he eventually became the bishop.
Eusebius mentioned Quadratus and said how he had talked about the people who had been healed or raised from the dead by Jesus, and that how these people had lived extra long lives and some were still alive in the second century.
Quadratus is also mentioned by Jerome and of how he wrote a compelling document to the Roman Emperor Hadrian on behalf of Christianity full 'of sound argument and faith and worthy of the apostolic teaching' and spoke of how Christians have been treated unfairly and wrongly by others. However this document, despite mentioned in various sources has not survived the test of time.
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