Apostle 1st century
Apostle Epaenetus of the Seventy
Also known as Epenetus
Greeted by Paul as 'the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ' (Rom 16:5); by tradition bishop of Carthage.
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Greeted by Paul as 'the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ' (Rom 16:5); by tradition bishop of Carthage.
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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