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Epaphroditus (Greek: Ἐπαφρόδιτος) is a New Testament figure appearing as an envoy of the Philippian church to assist the Apostle Paul (Philippians 2:25-30).He is regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, first Bishop of Philippi, and of Andriaca (there are at least two ancient towns called Andriaca, one in Thrace and one in Asia Minor), and ...
Epaphroditus was the owner of Epictetus of Hierapolis, a Stoic philosopher taught by Musonius Rufus. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The man named Epaphroditus to whom Josephus dedicated his Antiquities of the Jews was most likely someone else by the same name, who may have been a freedman of Emperor Trajan ; [ b ] it is disputed whether he may have been the same ...
Epaphroditus was a freedman of Octavian, the later Emperor Augustus. After Octavian had succeeded in capturing the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII in her Mausoleum in Alexandria she was strictly guarded by Epaphroditus and some other guardians under his command, first in her Mausoleum, then in the palace (early August 30 BC).
Epaphroditus is a New Testament figure appearing as an envoy of the Philippian church to assist the Apostle Paul. Epaphroditus or Epaphroditos (Ἐπαφρόδιτος, 'beloved-of- Aphrodite ') may refer to:
Epaphroditus Ransom (March 24, 1798 – November 11, 1859) was an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Michigan and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Early life [ edit ]
Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius Stachys, Amplias, Urban Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus Sosthenes, Apollo, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Cæsar and Onesiphorus. The feast day commemorating the seventy is known as the "Synaxis of the Seventy Disciples" in Eastern Orthodoxy, and is celebrated on January 4.
Epaphroditus Champion (April 6, 1756 – December 22, 1834) was an American politician and military officer from Connecticut. He served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Early life
Epaphroditus: 33–150 30 March / 8 December / 4 January [45] Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Adrianium [257] Epenetus of Carthage: 64 30 July / 4 January [45] Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Carthage, Hieromartyr [258] Ephraim of Antioch: 545 8 June Patriarch of Antioch, Venerable [259] Ephraim of Katounakia: 1998 27 February Venerable ...