James The Just

James The Just

male, deceased (62)
James Adelphotheos, James, the Brother of the Lord, James, 1st Bishop of Jerusalem, Epistle to the Galatian, greek, pauloftarsus…Follower of Jesus, Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Christian martyr of the Roman era, the brother of the very God
Saint James the Just (יעקב "Holder of the heel; supplanter"; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ, Greek Iάκωβος), also called James Ade...
Earl Doherty

Earl Doherty

male
Canadian Humanist Publications, pauloftarsus, Act of the Apostles, Q document, Humanist Association of Canada, syncretism…paul, gospel of mark
Earl Doherty, currently living in Canada, is the author of "The Jesus Puzzle", a work published in 1999 by Canadian Humanist Publications arguing...
Agrippa II

Agrippa II

male, deceased (100)
Herod Philip I, Ancient Roman ally, Mariamne, pauloftarsus, drusilla, Caesarea Maritima…Act of the Apostles, Antiquities of the Jew, Berenice of Cilicia
Agrippa II, son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great,...
Francis Xavier

Francis Xavier

male, deceased (1552)
Christian missionary in Japan, pauloftarsus, Society of Jesus, spanish, missionary, basque…St. Paul
Saint Francis Xavier was a Spanish pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). The Roman...
Christian Martyrs

Christian Martyrs

male
Papists, pauloftarsus, heretics, crucifixion, execution by burning, Stoning…Act of the Apostles
A Christian martyr is one who, without seeking his own death or any harm to others, is murdered or put to death for his religious faith or...
Mark The Evangelist

Mark The Evangelist

male, deceased (68)
Coptic Orthodox saint, Roman Catholic, Patriarch of Alexandria, writer, bishop, pauloftarsus…paul, gospel of mark, Patriarchs of Alexandria, Christian martyr of the Roman era
Mark the Evangelist (1st century) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark and a companion of Peter. He also accompanied...
Porcius Festus

Porcius Festus

male
pauloftarsus, Jewish, Antonius Felix, civic privileges, Jewish War of 66 AD, Kohen…Roman governor of Judaea, paul
Porcius Festus was procurator of Judea from about 58 to 62 AD, succeeding Antonius Felix. His exact time in office is not known. He inherited all...

Trophimus

male
Saint, Ephesian, Herod's Temple, apostle, miletus, ephesus…pauloftarsus, paul
Trophimus, meaning "a foster-child", was an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was...
Claudius Lysias

Claudius Lysias

male
pauloftarsus, new testament, tribune, Procurator, Sanhedrin, Act of the Apostles
Claudius Lysias is a figure mentioned in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles. According to, Lysias was a Roman Tribune and the...

Philemon

male
Saint, menaia, Colossae, Epistle to the Colossians, Seventy Apostles, Epistle to Philemon…pauloftarsus
Philemon was the recipient of a private letter from Paul of Tarsus. This Epistle to Philemon, is found in the New Testament. Traditionaly, Philemon...