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Few, if any, understand the real reason why Ephesus became so central an element in early Christianity. Why did Paul choose to visit and finally settle there for 3 whole years instead of other much more cosmopolitan locations? Why did the Apostle John, deemed ‘the son of thunder’ by Christ, choose to settle and die there? Why was the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, written whilst he was in exile on the nearby island of Patmos? Also why was it that Ephesus became the focus of the narrative (accepted by the Catholic church) that Mary the mother of Jesus following Christ’s crucifixion, came to Ephesus with John, and that she died and was buried there in