Judas Of Galilee

Judas Of Galilee

male
nationalist, The Wars of the Jew, Antiquities of the Jew, theocratical, theocracy, nationalism…galilee
Judas of Galilee or Judas of Gamala led a violent resistance to a census imposed for Roman tax purposes by Quirinius (sometimes spelled "Cyrenius"...
Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

male, 86 years old
rafi, Defence Minister, Mapai, labour, Foreign minister, Finance minister…galilee
"' (born Szymon Perski"' on August 2, 1923 in eastern Poland) is the 9th President of the State of Israel. He is a senior Israeli statesman with a...
Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas

male
Phasaelis, Hauran, prefect, death, Idumea, ethnarch…sea of galilee, galilee
Herod Antipas (short for Antipatros) (20 BC - after 39 AD) was an ancient leader (tetrarch, meaning "ruler of a quarter") of Galilee and Perea....
Saint Peter

Saint Peter

male, deceased (67)
Saint, Christian, Early Church, early christianity, pope, disciple
The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, Shimon "Keipha" Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha—original name Shimon or Simeon (A...
Herod Archelaus

Herod Archelaus

male, deceased (18)
Herod Philip I, Edom, caesar augustus, Jewish person, flight to egypt, new testament…galilee
Herod Archelaus was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD. He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace, the brother of...
Elias Chacour

Elias Chacour

male, 70 years old
Melkite Greek Catholic bishop, Roman Catholic, Byzantine Rite, Abuna Elias Chaccour, Melkite Greek Catholic, Melkite Greek Catholic Church…galilee
Elias Chacour (born 1939) is the Archbishop of Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He is also a noted author and peace activist keen to...

Myrrhbearers

male
Saint, bouleutes, sepulchre, April observances, Christian liturgy, rites, and worship services, Eastern Catholicism…galilee
The term Myrrhbearers refers to the women who came to the tomb of Christ early in the morning and were the first witnesses of the Resurrection of...
Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male
Jewish, Aristobulus I, Meg. Ta'an, Ptolomaeus, Mennaeus, tetrarch…galilee
Ptolemy or Ptolomaeus, son of Mennaeus (Mennæus) was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BCE to 40 BCE, in which year he died. He tried t...

Nahum

male
Calendar of Saint, Old Testament saint, minor prophet, Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, MICAH, liturgical calendar…galilee
Nahum (נחום) was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Haba...

Justus Of Tiberias

male
Hellenistic civilization, autobiography, hellenistic, Jewish person, galilee, tiberias
Justus of Tiberias was a Jewish author and historian living in the second half of the 1st century AD. Little is known about his life, except as...