A citation from the library
Bede, on 1Pet 1:1
Bede · A.D. 673–735
1Pet 1:1 · Douay-Rheims
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect,”
On this verse:
“The dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, etc. All these provinces are of the Greeks in Asia. But there is also another Bithynia in Europe, from which it is said those in Asia are descended. However, the Bithynia in Asia is also called the greater Phrygia, which is separated from Galatia by the river Hiera.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.