Saint Archippus of Colossi

Also known as

• Archippus the Apostle

Memorial

• 20 March
• 4 January (Eastern Church)
• 19 February (with Philemon and Appia)
• 6 July (with Onesimus)
• 22 November (with Philemon and Appia)

Profile

Companion of Saint Paul the Apostle. Tradition says he was one of the 72 disciples. In the canonical Epistle to the Colossians, Paul bids him “take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.”

Born

• possibly at Colossae or Laodicea; records vary

Died

• 1st century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Heiligen 3s
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Archippus of Colossi“. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>