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Apollos
Sign in to saveApollos () was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. A contemporary and colleague of Paul the Apostle, he played an important role in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth.
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Apollos
- Saint.birth_place
- Alexandria, Roman province of Egypt
- Saint.feast_day
- 13 February
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchOriental Orthodox ChurchesCatholic ChurchAnglican CommunionLutheranism
- Saint.image
- File:Епафродит, Сосфен, Аполлос, Кифа и Кесарь.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.caption
- Icon of Saints Epaphroditus, Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas and Caesar, 1400s
- Saint.titles
- Confessor
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-Congregation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Occupation
- priest
- Position held
- apostle
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Image
- 20090731 korinthos09.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
- canonization status
- saint
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of death
- 0100-00-00
- feast day
- February 13
- name in native language
- Απολλως
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Biblical account
- Acts of the Apostles
- 1 Corinthians
- Epistle to Titus
- Extrabiblical information
- Significance
- Notes
- References
Apollos () was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. A contemporary and colleague of Paul the Apostle, he played an important role in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth.
==Biblical account== ===Acts of the Apostles=== Apollos is first mentioned as a Christian preacher who had come to Ephesus (probably in AD 52 or 53), where he is described as "being fervent in spirit: he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John". Priscilla and Aquila, a Jewish Christian couple who had come to Ephesus with the Apostle Paul, instructed Apollos: When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
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