Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus of 70 disciples (Menologion of Basil II)

Gaius of Ephesus (also Gaios) is numbered among the

Seventy Disciples The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples, known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles or seventy-two apostles, were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The correct Greek terminology is evdomik ...

. He was Bishop of Ephesus (

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16:23). The Catholic Church remembers St. Gaius on January 4 among the Seventy, and on November 5.

Possible reference in scripture

It has been suggested that this is the Gaius to whom the general epistle 3 John was addressed.

Sources

St.

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, ''The

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External links

Apostle Gaius of the Seventy
January 4 ( OCA)
Apostle Gaius of the Seventy
November 5 (OCA)

References

* Seventy disciples Christian saints from the New Testament 1st-century bishops in Roman Anatolia Saints from Roman Anatolia Bishops of Ephesus {{saint-stub