Most scholars, however, point to Hippolytus, a prolific author who wrote in Greek and lived in Rome during the period in which the contents of the Muratorian Fragment were likely composed.
Enamik õpetlasi peab seevastu autoriks Hippolytust, kes kirjutas palju kreekakeelseid tekste ning kes elas sel ajal Roomas, kui Muratori fragment tõenäoliselt koostati.