Remembered on November 10
Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius
- ApostleA saint sent to proclaim Christ, especially one of the Twelve or the Seventy, or St. Paul.
All apostles
The Church remembers these six among the Seventy Apostles, who helped carry the Gospel beyond its first hearers. Several appear in Paul’s greetings in Romans; Tertius wrote down that letter for him. Their names remind us that the early Church grew through many people’s service, including work done quietly beside someone better known.
How they died
Tradition holds that Olympas and Herodion were beheaded in Rome, while Erastus and Sosipater reposed in peace. The accounts consulted do not clearly establish how Tertius and Quartus died.
- Feast day
- November 10
Parishes on the Old Calendar keep it on November 23. - Kind of saint
- Apostle
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