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Saint Herodion the Apostle

Apostle and bishop
Tarsus and the apostolic Mediterranean world
Feast day: April 8

Icon of Herodion the Apostle. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Herodion is remembered among the Seventy Apostles and as a kinsman of Paul. The received life connects his travels with Peter and Paul and remembers his episcopal ministry, persecution and martyrdom. The Romanian calendar commemorates him on April 8.

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