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Apostle 1st century

Apostle Apelles of the Seventy

Also known as Apelles of Heraclea

Greeted by the Apostle Paul as 'approved in Christ' (Rom 16:10); by tradition a bishop of Heraclea (some accounts say Smyrna).

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Greeted by the Apostle Paul as 'approved in Christ' (Rom 16:10); by tradition a bishop of Heraclea (some accounts say Smyrna).

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The Seventy Apostles
Commemorated together · Jan 4
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Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles
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Apostle Epaphras of the Seventy
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Nina Enlightener of Georgia
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Apostle Peter
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Photius the Great Patriarch of Constantinople
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Hieromartyrs Marcellus of Sicily Philagrius of Cyprus, and Pancratius of Taormina
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One of the Seventy Apostles; commemorated in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4).

Sources: Synaxarion; the traditional catalogue of the Seventy Apostles; New Testament