Silvanus of the Seventy

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Image:Silvanus-Crescens-Silas.jpg of Apostle Silvanus (left), with Crescens and Silas of the Seventy.]]

Silvanus (Greek: Σιλουανός) is a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles, those followers of Jesus sent out by him in Luke 10. Peter makes mention of him in his first epistle (1 Peter 5:12).[https://orthodoxtimes.com/apostles-silas-silvanus-crescens-epenetus-and-andronicus-of-the-seventy-30-july/ "Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus and Andronicus of the Seventy", Orthodox Times, July 30, 2024]

According to Orthodox tradition, he later became Bishop of Thessalonica and died a martyr.[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/07/30/102132-apostle-silvanus-of-the-seventy "Apostle Silvanus of the Seventy", Orthodox Church in America]

He is to be distinguished from the Silvanus, better known as Silas, who is mentioned in the New Testament (Acts, various letters of Paul, and 1 Peter) as a co-writer or transcriber of some of these works.