Apostle of the Seventy Apostle Pudens (Pud) of the Seventy

CRITICAL: category corrected from "righteous" to "apostle_of_70" — Pudens is named as one of the 70 apostles by name in 2 Timothy 4:21. A template artifact in the life-years field was also corrected: the previous record "I-XV century" was replaced with the correct "1st century." The date has been filled in — previously missing.

CRITICAL IMAGE NOTE: 1 of 4 images (pudas_1.jpg) has been removed — a photograph of a Scandinavian wooden church unrelated to the apostle; contamination from a coincidental match with the Finnish place name "Pudasjärvi." The remaining 3 images are retained, confirmed by the Greek inscription "Poudas... Trophimas" (Pudens... Trophimus), with a fragment "...Aristarch..." (Aristarchus) — all three Apostles of the 70 are traditionally depicted and commemorated together.

Apostle Pudens of the Seventy is named by St. Paul in his Second Epistle to Timothy: "Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren" (2 Timothy 4:21). A Roman of noble birth and a member of the Roman Senate, he converted to Christianity through apostolic preaching. His house in Rome became one of the first gathering places of the Christian community: the foremost Apostles Peter and Paul were received there, and, by tradition, Peter himself celebrated the sacred services there. His house was later converted into a church known as the "Pastoral Church" (Ecclesia Pastoris).

By tradition, Pudens was the father of the holy virgins Pudentiana and Praxedes, known for their care for persecuted Christians. Apostle Pudens suffered martyrdom in Rome under Emperor Nero together with fellow Apostles of the Seventy Trophimus and Aristarchus, also disciples of St. Paul — all three were beheaded. Their shared feast is April 15/28.