Apostle 1st century
Apostle Jason of the Seventy
Paul's host and kinsman at Thessalonica (Acts 17:5-9; Rom 16:21); by tradition bishop of Tarsus who, with Sosipater, preached and suffered on Corfu.
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April 28
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Paul's host and kinsman at Thessalonica (Acts 17:5-9; Rom 16:21); by tradition bishop of Tarsus who, with Sosipater, preached and suffered on Corfu.
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One of the Seventy Apostles; commemorated in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4). Commemorated with Sosipater and the Virgin-Martyr Kerkyra of Corfu.
Sources: Synaxarion; the traditional catalogue of the Seventy Apostles; New Testament