Martyr 1st century
Martyr Apphia of Colossae
The wife of the Apostle Philemon, greeted by Paul as 'the beloved' (Phlm 1:2); she suffered martyrdom with her household at Colossae under Nero.
Feast Day
February 19
Also Nov 22
Their life
The wife of the Apostle Philemon, greeted by Paul as 'the beloved' (Phlm 1:2); she suffered martyrdom with her household at Colossae under Nero.
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One of the Seventy Apostles; commemorated in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4). Commemorated with the Apostles Philemon and Archippus of Colossae.
Sources: Synaxarion; the traditional catalogue of the Seventy Apostles; New Testament