Saint Asyncritus of Hyrcania | |
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Apostle of the Seventy Bishop of Hyrcania and Hieromartyr | |
Died | 50–100 (circa) |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 8 April 4 January |
Asyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos (Greek: Ἀσύγκριτος, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He was bishop of Hyrcania in Asia. Saint Paul mentions him in his letter to the Romans (cf. 16:14). The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers St. Asyncritus on 8 April.[1] He is also commemorated on 4 January with the other Seventy Apostles.[2]
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