Apostle 1st century
Apostle Evodius of the Seventy
Also known as Euodius · Evodius of Antioch
A disciple of the apostles who succeeded the Apostle Peter as second bishop of Antioch, where, it is said, the disciples were first called 'Christians'; he ended his life in martyrdom.
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A disciple of the apostles who succeeded the Apostle Peter as second bishop of Antioch, where, it is said, the disciples were first called 'Christians'; he ended his life in martyrdom.
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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