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Manahen (also Manaen or Menachem) was a teacher in the first century Christian Church at

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who had been 'brought up' ( gr, συντροφος, ''syntrophos'',

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: ''collactaneus'') with Herod Antipas.Drum, Walter. "St. Manahen." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 November 2021 According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was among those who sent Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. He was probably one of the founders of the church at Antioch.

Biblical narrative

Little is known of Manahen's life. He is said to have been 'brought up' with Herod the

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. Many biblical translations describe him as Herod's 'foster brother' or as his 'life-long friend'. According to the Acts of the Apostles he was one of the prophets and teachers who, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, laid hands upon

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and

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and sent the two apostles on the first of Paul's missionary journeys (). As Luke, the assumed author of the Acts of the Apostles, was an Antiochene, it is possible that Manahen was one of the "eyewitnesses and ministers of the word" () who provided Luke details which that writer has in regard to Antipas and other members of the

Herodian Herodian or Herodianus ( el, Ἡρωδιανός) of Syria, sometimes referred to as "Herodian of Antioch" (c. 170 – c. 240), was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled ''History of the Empire from the Death o ...

family (

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:1, 19, 20; 8:3; 9:7-9; 13:31, 32; 23:8-12; Acts 12). He may have become a disciple of

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with "

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, the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward" ( Luke 8:3).

Early historian references

In A.D. 39, Antipas left for

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to gain the favor of Caligula, but instead received an order of perpetual exile. (Jos., "Ant.", XVIII, vii, 2). During this time, the Church of Antioch was founded by

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, who "had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on the occasion of

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" and had taught the Gospel also to the

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of Antioch, (Acts 11:19-24). It is quite likely that St. Manahen was one of these founders of the Antiochene Church. The date of his death is unknown, but he is supposed to have died at Antioch in Syria.

Veneration

Manahen is mentioned in many of the ancient Martyrologies. His feast day is celebrated on

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in the

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and on May 24May 24
. The Roman Martyrology. in the

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Biblical narrative

Early historian references

Veneration

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