Attributed to Hippolytus A Greek text titled
On the Seventy Apostles of Christ is known from several manuscripts, the oldest in
Codex Baroccianus 206, a ninth-century
palimpsest lectionary. •
James the Lord's brother, bishop of
Jerusalem •
Cleopas, bishop of Jerusalem •
Matthias, who supplied the vacant place in the number of the twelve apostles •
Thaddeus, who conveyed the epistle to Augarus (
Abgar V) •
Ananias, who baptized Paul, and was bishop of
Damascus •
Stephen, the first martyr •
Philip, who baptized the
Ethiopian eunuch •
Prochorus, bishop of
Nicomedia, who also was the first that departed, 11 believing together with his daughters •
Nicanor died when Stephen was martyred •
Timon, bishop of
Bostra •
Parmenas, bishop of Soli (either
in Cyprus or
in Asia Minor) . •
Nicolaus, bishop of
Samaria •
Barnabas, bishop of
Milan •
Mark the Evangelist, bishop of
Alexandria •
Luke the Evangelist • : These two [Mark and Luke] belonged to the seventy disciples who were scattered by the offence of
the word which Christ spoke, "Except a man eat my flesh, and drink my blood, he is not worthy of me." But the one being induced to return to the Lord by Peter's instrumentality, and the other by Paul's, they were honored to preach that Gospel on account of which they also suffered martyrdom, the one being burned, and the other being crucified on an olive tree. •
Silas, bishop of
Corinth •
Silvanus, bishop of
Thessalonica •
Crisces (Crescens), bishop of Carchedon in
Galatia •
Epænetus, bishop of
Carthage •
Andronicus, bishop of
Pannonia •
Amplias, bishop of
Odessus •
Urban, bishop of
Macedonia •
Stachys, bishop of
Byzantium •
Barnabas, bishop of
Heraclea •
Phygellus, bishop of
Ephesus. He was of the party also of Simon •
Hermogenes. He, too, was of the same mind with the former •
Demas, who also became a priest of idols •
Apelles, bishop of
Smyrna •
Aristobulus, bishop of
Britain •
Narcissus, bishop of
Athens •
Herodion, bishop of
Tarsus •
Agabus the prophet •
Rufus, bishop of
Thebes •
Asyncritus, bishop of
Hyrcania •
Phlegon, bishop of
Marathon •
Hermes, bishop of
Dalmatia • Patrobulus, bishop of
Puteoli •
Hermas, bishop of
Philippopolis (Thrace) •
Linus,
bishop of Rome •
Caius, bishop of Ephesus •
Philologus, bishop of
Sinope •
Olympus and ... • ...
Rhodion were martyred in
Rome •
Lucius, bishop of
Laodicea in Syria •
Jason, bishop of
Tarsus •
Sosipater, bishop of
Iconium •
Tertius, bishop of Iconium •
Erastus, bishop of
Paneas •
Quartus, bishop of
Berytus •
Apollos, bishop of
Cæsarea •
Cephas, bishop of
Iconium of
Colophon •
Sosthenes, bishop of
Colophonia •
Tychicus, bishop of Colophonia •
Epaphroditus, bishop of Andriaca (there are at least two ancient towns called Andriaca, one in
Thrace and
one in Asia Minor), •
Cæsar, bishop of
Dyrrachium •
Mark, cousin to Barnabas, bishop of
Apollonia •
Justus, bishop of
Eleutheropolis •
Artemas, bishop of
Lystra •
Clement, bishop of
Sardis •
Onesiphorus, bishop of
Corone •
Tychicus, bishop of
Chalcedon •
Carpus, bishop of Berytus in
Thrace •
Evodius, bishop of
Antioch •
Aristarchus, bishop of
Apamea •
Mark, who is also John, bishop of
Byblos •
Zenas, bishop of
Diospolis •
Philemon, bishop of
Gaza •
Aristarchus, bishop of
Apamea •
Pudes •
Trophimus, who was martyred along with Paul
Book of the Bee Similar to an earlier list attributed to
Irenaeus,
Bishop Solomon of
Basra of the
Church of the East in the 13th century
Book of the Bee offers the following list: •
James, the son of Joseph •
Simon the son of Cleopas •
Cleopas, his father •
Joses •
Simon •
Judah • Barnabas • Manaeus (?) •
Ananias, who baptised Paul •
Cephas, who preached at Antioch •
Joseph the senator •
Nicodemus the Archon •
Nathaniel the chief scribe • Justus, that is
Joseph, who is called Barshabbâ •
Silas • Judah •
John, surnamed Mark •
Mnason, who received Paul •
Manaël, the foster-brother of Herod •
Simon called Niger •
Jason, who is (mentioned) in the Acts (of the apostles) •
Rufus • Alexander •
Simon the Cyrenian, their father •
Lucius the Cyrenian • Another
Judah, who is mentioned in the Acts (of the apostles) • Judah, who is called Simon • Eurion (Orion) the splay-footed • Thôrus (?) • Thorîsus (?) • Zabdon • Zakron • : These are
the seven who
were chosen with Stephen: •
Philip the Evangelist, who had three daughters that used to prophesy •
Stephen •
Prochorus •
Nicanor •
Timon •
Parmenas •
Nicolaus, the Antiochian proselyte • : [the next three are listed with the preceding seven] •
Andronicus the Greek •
Titus •
Timothy • : These are the five who were with Peter in Rome: •
Hermas [of Philippopolis] • Plîgtâ •
Patrobas •
Asyncritus •
Hermas [of Dalmatia] • : These are the six [sic; seven names follow] who came with Peter to
Cornelius: • Criscus (
Crescens) • Milichus • Kîrîțôn (Crito) • Simon •
Gaius, who received Paul • Abrazon (?) •
Apollos • : These are the twelve who were rejected from among the seventy, as Judas Iscariot was from among the twelve, because they absolutely denied our Lord's divinity at the instigation of
Cerinthus. Of these Luke [recte
1 John] said, "They went out from us, but they were not of us;" and
Paul called them "false apostles and deceitful workers". • :# Simon • :# Levi • :# Bar-Ḳubbâ • :# Cleon • :#
Hymenaeus • :# Candarus • :# Clithon (?) • :# Demas • :# Narcissus • :# Slikîspus (?) • :# Thaddaeus • :# Mârûthâ • : In their stead there came in these: •
Luke the physician • Apollos the elect •
Ampelius •
Urbanus •
Stachys • Popillius (or Publius) •
Aristobulus • Stephen (not the Corinthian) •
Herodion the son of Narcissus •
Olympas •
Mark the Evangelist •
Addai •
Aggai • Mâr
Mârî Others Other lists are • One attributed to
Dorotheus of Tyre, completed some time before AD 811. • One attributed to
Epiphanius of Salamis Matthias, who would later replace
Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve apostles, is also often numbered among the seventy. Some accounts of the legendary Saint
Mantius of Évora regard him as one of the disciples, having witnessed the
Last Supper and
Pentecost. ==See also==