Barnabas
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| Saint Barnabas | |
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| Apostle to Antioch and Cyprus | |
| Born | Born::Unknown, Cyprus |
| Died | Died::61 AD, Salamis, Cyprus |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Monastery of St Barnabas in Famagusta, Cyprus |
| Feast | June 11 |
| Attributes | Pilgrim's staff; olive branch; holding the Gospel of Matthew |
| Patronage | Cyprus, Antioch, against hailstorms, invoked as peacemaker |
Barnabas (Greek: Βαρναβᾶς, Barnabas; Aramaic: בר נביא, Bar Naḇyā; "Name means::son of consolation"[1]), born Joseph (Hebrew: יוסף, Yōsēf; Greek: Ἰωσῆς, Iōsēs), was an early Christian convert and missionary. He was born of the island of Cyprus to Levite parents.
References
- ↑ Acts 4:36
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