Archippus

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::summary Person mentioned in the New Testament ::

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Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Saint
name	Archippus
death_date	c. 1st century
feast_day	19 February (Eastern Orthodox Church)
20 March (Roman Catholic Church)
venerated_in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
image	Archippus and Philemon (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
caption	Archippus as depicted in the Menologion of Basil II
birth_place	possibly Colossae, Asia, Roman Empire
or
Laodicea, Asia, Roman Empire
titles	Martyr
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Archippus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄρχιππος, "master of the horse") was an early Christian believer mentioned briefly in the New Testament epistles of Philemon and Colossians.

Role in the New Testament

In Paul's letter to Philemon (), Archippus is named once alongside Philemon and Apphia as a host of the church, and a "fellow soldier." In (ascribed to Paul), the church is instructed to tell Archippus to "Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."

Role in tradition

According to the 4th century Apostolic Constitutions (7.46), Archippus was the first bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia (now part of Turkey). Another tradition states that he was one of the 72 disciples appointed by Jesus Christ in . The Roman Catholic Church observes a feast day for Saint Archippus on March 20. According to tradition, he was stoned to death.

Veneration

Eastern Orthodoxy

The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Archippus on several days.

• January 4: Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.
• February 19: The apostles Archippus and Philemon, and the martyr Apphia.
• November 22: The apostles Philemon and Archippus, the martyr Apphia, and Onesimus.

References

References

1. "Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles".
2. "Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphia".
3. "Apostles of the Seventy Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon and Equal-to-the-Apostles, and Onesimus, disciple of Saint Paul".

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