Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus

The Holy Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus were among the Seventy Apostles, disciples and fellow workers of the holy Apostle Paul. Aristarchus of Thessalonica accompanied Paul in his journeys and was with him also in captivity, as the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Colossians show. Pudens, a Roman senator, is mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy, where Paul sends his greetings; his house in Rome sheltered the apostles. Trophimus, a native of Ephesus, was likewise a companion of Paul and is named in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Second Epistle to Timothy.

Tradition says that Aristarchus was bishop in Apamea of Syria, while Pudens and Trophimus suffered under the emperor Nero, at the time when Saint Paul was martyred. They are commemorated on 14 April (new style).