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Person Type: Apostle

Simon the Zealot
Called the Zealot — his call alongside Matthew the tax collector shows Christ uniting the politically opposite in one body
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Matthias the Apostle
Elected by lot to replace Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:26) — demonstrating the apostolic principle that the Twelve must remain twelve
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Peter the Apostle
Fisherman from Bethsaida, renamed Rock by Christ at Caesarea Philippi, first Bishop of Rome, martyr under Nero. The most prominent figure in…
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Paul the Apostle
Pharisee, persecutor, and convert — called by the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul became the greatest missionary in Christian…
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John the Apostle
The youngest of the Twelve, son of Zebedee, the Beloved Disciple who stood at the foot of the Cross. Author of the…
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Andrew the Apostle
Protokletos — the First-Called, brother of Peter, who brought Peter to Christ
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James the Greater
The first of the Twelve martyred — his tomb at Santiago de Compostela became the greatest pilgrimage site of medieval Christendom
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Philip the Apostle
The apostle who asked Christ: Show us the Father — and received the answer that to see Christ is to see the…
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Bartholomew the Apostle
Identified with Nathanael in John — the Israelite in whom Christ found no deceit; missionary to Armenia and India
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Matthew the Apostle
Tax collector called by Christ; author of the first Gospel — presenting Jesus as the fulfilment of the Hebrew Scriptures
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