Crispus of Chalcedon
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Saint Crispus of Chalcedon was a bishop of Chalcedon. He is mentioned in First Corinthians 1:14. He was a ruler of the Jewish Synagogue at Corinth, He and his household were converted to Christianity by Paul of Tarsus (Acts 18:8). He was baptized by Paul in Corinth, Greece. He later served as Bishop of Chalcedon. He was martyred for his faith.
Crispus' feast day is October 4 and he is counted among the Seventy disciples in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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- Seventy disciples
- 1st-century Christian martyrs
- 1st-century bishops in Roman Anatolia
- Early Jewish Christians
- People in Acts of the Apostles
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- First Epistle to the Corinthians
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