Barnabas
1st-century Cypriot Jewish apostle and missionary, Christian saint, companion of St. Paul and founder of the Cypriot Church
b. 1st century · d. 61
Archbishop of Cyprus
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Barnabas, born Joseph (Ἰωσήφ) or Joses (Ἰωσής), was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a companion of Paul the Apostle, evangelizing among the "God-fearing" Gentiles who attended synagogues in some of the Hellenized cities of Anatolia. He participated in the Council of Jerusalem.
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Recorded as a historical figure.
- Acts of the Apostles 4 claims — Paul's First Missionary Journey; Elymas struck blind before the proconsul at Paphos; Council of Jerusalem
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, col. 1043 sqq. — Ecclesia Cypri
- OrthodoxWiki 2 claims — The Martyrdom of Barnabas at Salamis; The finding of the tomb of Barnabas