Junia
New Testament character (Romans 16)
Junia, also erroneously known as Junias, was an early Christian female apostle in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans.
Related people
- Andronicus of Pannonia spouse of · traditional
Events
Commemorated
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans 1 claim — Andronicus and Junia greeted at Rome
Glosses
- Junia and the accent The name in Romans 16:7 is written IOUNIAN in an unaccented text, and the accent decides the sex: Iounian is the common Roman woman's name Junia, Iounian the otherwise unattested man's name Junias. Every ancient reader…