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The 12Apostles

SIMON PETER
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early
Christian leader, who is featured prominently in theNew
Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of
Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his
 brother Andrew was also an apostle. Simon Peter is venerated in multiple
churches and is regarded as the first Pope by the Roman Catholic
Church. After working to establish the church of Antioch for seven years
presiding as the city's bishop and preaching to scattered communities of
believers (Jews, Hebrew Christians and thegentiles),
in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia Minor and Bithynia, Peter went to
Rome. In the second year of Claudius, it is claimed, he overthrew Simon
Magus and held the Sacerdotal Chair for 25 years. He is said to have
been put to death at the hand of Nero. He wrote two Catholic epistles.
The Gospel of Mark is also ascribed to him (as Mark was his disciple and
interpreter). On the other hand, several books bearing his name—the
Acts of Peter, Gospel of Peter, Preaching of Peter, Revelation of Peter,
and Judgement of Peter—are rejected by Christians asApocryphal.

ANDREW
Saint Andrew (Greek: Ἀνδρέας, Andreas; early 1st century—
mid to late 1st century AD), called in
the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a
Christian Apostle and the brother ofSaint Peter. The name
"Andrew" (Greek: manly, brave, from ἀνδρεία, Andreia,
"manhood, valour"), like other Greek names, appears to have been
common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC.
No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him. He is considered
the founder and first bishop of the Church of Byzantium and is
consequently the patron saint of theEcumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople.

JAMES THE GREAT

James, son of Zebedee (Aramaic Yaʕqov, Greek
Ιάκωβος, died 44 AD) was one of theTwelve
Apostles of Jesus. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome,
and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James
the Greater to distinguish him from James, son of
Alphaeus, who is also known as James the Lesser.

JOHN THE BELOVED

 John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (Ancient
Greek: Ἰωάννης) (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of theTwelve
Apostles of Jesus. He was the son
of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of
the Twelve Apostles. Christian tradition holds he was the
last surviving of the Twelve Apostles and that he died of
natural causes — the only apostle to die naturally - "in
great old age near Ephesus".

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PHILLIP
Philip the Apostle (Greek: Φίλιππος, Philippos) was one of
the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe
Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, andPhrygia.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the feast day of Philip, along
with that of James the Just, was traditionally observed on 1 May, the
anniversary of the dedication of the church dedicated to them in
Rome (now called the Church of the Twelve Apostles). The Eastern
Orthodox Churchcelebrates Philip's feast day on 14 November. One
of the Gnostic texts found in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945 has
been given the modern title "Gospel of Philip", though this text makes
no claim to have been written by Philip. It gets the name simply
because Philip is the only apostle ever mentioned in the text (73:8)

THOMAS
Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting
Thomas or Didymus (meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve
Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus'
resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my
God" on seeing Jesus in John 20:28. He was perhaps the only Apostle
who went outside the Roman Empire to preach the Gospel. He is also
believed to have crossed the largest area, which includes the Parthian
Empire andIndia.[5]
MATTHEW
Matthew the Evangelist (‫מתתיהו‬/‫מתי‬, "Gift
of Yahweh", Standard Hebrew and Tiberian
Hebrew:Mattay or Mattithyahu; Septuagint Greek: Ματθ
αῖος, Matthaios) was, according to the Bible, one of the
twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the four Evangelists.

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JAMES THE SON OF ALPHAEUS

Saint James, son of Alphaeus
was one of the Twelve Apostles ofJesus Christ. He is often
identified with James the Less and commonly known by that name in
church tradition.[2]
James, the son of Alphaeus, is rarely mentioned in the New
Testament, but he is sometimes identified with James the Just, an
important leader in the New Testament church. He is clearly distinguished
from James, son of Zebedee, another one of the Twelve Apostles.
SIMON THE ZEALOT
The apostle called Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot,
in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13; and Simon Kananaios or Simon
Cananeus ("Simon" signifying ‫" שמעון‬hearkening;
listening", Standard Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn), was
one of the most obscure among the apostles ofJesus. Little is recorded
of him aside from his name. A few pseudepigraphical writings were
connected to him, and Jerome does not include him in De viris
illustribus.

JUDAS THADDEUS
Jude was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is
generally identified with Thaddeus, and is also variously
called Jude of James, Jude Thaddaeus, Judas
Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus. He is sometimes identified
with Jude, "brother of Jesus", but is clearly distinguished
from Judas Iscariot, another disciple, the betrayer of Jesus.
The Armenian Apostolic Church honors Thaddeus along
with Saint Bartholomew as its patron saints. In the Roman
Catholic Church he is the patron saint of desperate cases and
lost causes.

JUDAS ISCARIOT
Judas Iscariot (Hebrew:  ‫יהודה‬
‫איש־קריות‬, Yehuda, Yəhûḏāh ʾΚ-qrayyôṯ)
 was, according to theNew Testament, one of
the twelve disciples of Jesus. He is best
known for his betrayal of Jesus to the hands
of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver.[1]

BARTHOLOMEW
Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus,
and is usually identified as Nathaniel(alternate spelling:
Nathanael)[1] (mentioned in the first chapter of John's
Gospel). He was introduced to Christ through St. Philip,
another of the twelve apostles as per (John 1:43-51), where
the name Nathaniel first appears. He is also mentioned as
“Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee” in (John 21:2). The name
Nathaniel is the one used for him in St. John’s Gospel. The
relationship between St. Philip and Nathaniel is noted as
per John 1:43-51. Bartholomew (Greek:Βαρθολομαίος,
transliterated "Bartholomaios") comes from
the Aramaic bar-Tôlmay (‫תולמי‬-‫)בר‬, meaning son of
Tolmay (Ptolemy) or son of the furrows (perhaps a
ploughman).