Apostle of the Seventy
Apostle of the Seventy Junia
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Apostle Junia of the Seventy — fellow-laborer and, according to Church tradition, wife of the Apostle Andronicus, whom the Apostle Paul calls, together with him, "of note among the Apostles" (Rom. 16:7); she preached alongside Andronicus in Pannonia and other lands, converting pagans and destroying idol temples.
Apostle Junia of the Seventy is mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans together with Andronicus: "Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles" (Rom. 16:7). Church tradition holds her to be the wife (according to other interpretations, a relative) of the Apostle Andronicus, later bishop of Pannonia (Sirmium).
Together with Andronicus she preached the Gospel in many lands, converting pagans to Christ, destroying idol temples, and founding churches; for this both were deemed "of note among the apostles" and numbered among the Council of the Seventy Apostles (commemorated Jan 4/17). According to tradition, both suffered a martyr's death for the faith. Their relics were uncovered in the 5th century near Constantinople, by the Gate of Eugenius, under the emperors Arcadius and Honorius — a church was built on the site of their discovery.
Her feast is kept on May 17/30, together with the Apostle Andronicus.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: category_gender has been corrected from the erroneous "m" to the correct "f". The category has been refined from righteous to apostle_of_70 — Junia is directly called an apostle of the Seventy in Church tradition and is numbered among the Council of the Seventy Apostles. The exact feast date (May 17/30), previously missing, has been established.