Apostle of the Seventy
Apostle of the Seventy Apollos (Apelles), Apostle of the Seventy
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Also known as: Аполлос Александрийский, Апеллий Смирнский
Apostle of the Seventy Apollos (Apelles) — an eloquent Alexandrian preacher mentioned in Acts and the Epistles of Paul, later a bishop whose ministry church tradition connects with Crete, Caesarea, and Smyrna.
CATEGORY CORRECTION: the category has been refined from generic "apostle" to "apostle of the Seventy" — aligned with the convention already established in the database for this group (matching dozens of other apostle-of-the-Seventy cards).
Apollos was an Alexandrian Jew, "an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures" (Acts 18:24), more accurately instructed in the Way of the Lord by Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus. He preached powerfully in Achaia and Corinth, "watering" what Paul had planted (1 Corinthians 3:6); he is mentioned alongside Paul and Cephas as a name around which factions formed in the strife-torn Corinthian church (1 Corinthians 1:12). Paul mentions sending him to Titus in Crete (Titus 3:13).
Church tradition later made him a bishop — variously recorded as bishop of Smyrna, of Caesarea, and/or of Crete, reflecting a wandering apostolic ministry rather than attachment to a single see.
His feast is kept on October 31/November 13; also January 4/17 in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.