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Apostle Cephas of the Seventy

Reckoned among the Seventy in the apostolic tradition, to whom the risen Lord appeared (1 Cor 15:5-7); by tradition bishop of Iconium.

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Reckoned among the Seventy in the apostolic tradition, to whom the risen Lord appeared (1 Cor 15:5-7); by tradition bishop of Iconium.

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One of the Seventy Apostles; commemorated in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4). Distinct from the Apostle Peter (also called Cephas).

Sources: Synaxarion; the traditional catalogue of the Seventy Apostles; New Testament