Apr 182009
![[Saint Philip the Apostle]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintp21.jpg "jpg painting of Saint Philip the Apostle, date unknown, artist unknown")
- 3 May (Roman calendar)
- (formerly 1 May)
- 14 November (Greek calendar)
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Disciple of Saint John the Baptist. Convert. One of the Twelve Apostle. Brought Saint Nathanael to Christ. Confidant of Jesus. Little is known about him, but scriptural episodes give the impression of a shy, naive, but practical individual. Preached in Greece and Asia Minor. Martyr.
Born
- at Bethsaida, Palestine
- stoned to death while tied to a cross c.80 at Hierapolis, Phrygia (near modern Pamukkale, Turkey)
- Frascati, Italy
- hat makers
- hatters
- Luxembourg
- milliners
- Monterotondo, Italy
- Nemi, Italy
- pastry chefs
- San Felipe Indian Pueblo
- Uruguay
- Venegono Inferiore, Italy
- elderly bearded man holding a basket of loaves and a cross which is often t-shaped
- elderly man casting a devil from the idol of Mars
- elderly man crucified on a tall cross
- elderly man holding loaves and fishes
- elderly man with a dragon nearby
- elderly man with a loaf and book
- elderly man with a snake nearby
- loaves of bread
- man baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch
- man holding a book or scroll reading descendit ad inferna
- tall cross
- with Saint Andrew the Apostle
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Additional Information
- Acts of Saint Philip the Apostle When He Went to Upper Hellas apocryphal
- Addition to the Acts of Philip apocryphal
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
- Catholic Online
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
- Goffine’s Devout Instructions
- Golden Legend
- Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Of the Journeyings of Philip the Apostle apocryphal
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Roman Martyrology
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Philip the Apostle“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 May 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>
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