A legend states that seven men from this city escaped persecution by Decius when they hid in a cave, where they fell into a miraculous sleep.
A letter to the inhabitants of this place is prefaced as "The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands." That letter also praises the inhabitants of this place for opposing the heretical Nicolaitans, unlike the inhabitants of Pergamum. Another letter to the inhabitants of this city states that the flaming darts of the evil one can be extinguished by the (*) shield of faith in its description of the metaphorical armor of God. That epistle also urges wives to submit to their husbands. A legend states that seven men from this city escaped persecution by Decius when they hid in a cave, where they fell into a miraculous sleep. For 10 points, name this city in Asia Minor that is the setting of the legend of the Seven Sleepers, the site of a church council that condemned Nestorianism.
A letter to the inhabitants of this place is prefaced as "The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands."
Ephesus