Biblical places
Sardis
Once the capital of the Lydian kingdom, home to the church in Revelation rebuked for having 'a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.' Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Sart, Salihli
- 38.4883, 28.0403
There is no disagreement over its location, and all sources agree.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.