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Icon of St. Pudens of Old
Rome, apostle of the Seventy (1st century)
Feast: April 15
Saint Pudens was one of the
Seventy Apostles whom the Lord Jesus Christ sent before him with the
good news of the Gospel (Luke 10:1-24).
St Pudens is mentioned in St Paul's second Epistle to Timothy (2 Tim.
4:21). He had occupied a high position as a member of the Roman Senate.
The saint received the foremost Apostles Peter and Paul into his home,
where believing Christians gathered. His house was converted into a
church, receiving the name "Pastorum". According to tradition, the holy
Apostle Peter himself served in it as priest. St Pudens suffered
martyrdom at Rome under the emperor Nero (54-68). He is commemorated on
April 15 and on January 4.
Holy Apostle Pudens, pray to
God for us!
Top Icon: of unknown
provenance.
Next Icon: from the website of
the Orthodox Church in America. St. Pudens is the central figure,
between the larger figures of Sts. Aristarchus and Trophimus of the
70.
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