Parmenas
1st century deacon
b. 1st century · d. 98
Parmenas was one of the Seven Deacons appointed to serve the early Christian church as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, where his name appears sixth in the list of the seven. He is believed to have preached the gospel in Asia Minor. Parmenas suffered martyrdom in 98, under the persecution of Trajan.
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Philippi death
How we know
Carried by the tradition of the church.
- Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — The appointment of the Seven