Apostle 1st century
Apostle Prochorus of the Seventy
One of the seven deacons chosen by the apostles (Acts 6:5); by tradition a companion of John the Theologian and bishop of Nicomedia, who ended his life in martyrdom at Antioch.
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One of the seven deacons chosen by the apostles (Acts 6:5); by tradition a companion of John the Theologian and bishop of Nicomedia, who ended his life in martyrdom at Antioch.
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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