Name
Cleopas, pupil of Jesus
Saint ID
S00249
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints
| ID | Title | E00456 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where he saw the tombs of *Pelagia the Penitent (recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c., S00250), *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee,S00108) or *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Cleophas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and other unnamed saints. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E03413 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 29 October *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), *Cornelius (probably the centurion baptised by Peter in Acts, S00301), *Pantaleon (martyr of Nicomedia, S00596), and *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442). | E03911 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 October *Zenobia (martyr of Aegae, Cilicia, S01681), *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222). | E06491 | Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited: Antipatris, place of imprisonment of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008); Lydda/Diospolis, associated with a visit and a healing by Paul; Arimathea, hometown of *Joseph of Arimathea (New Testament figure, S01787); Nob, burial-site of *Eighty-five priests (killed by Saul in the Old Testament, S02453); Joppa, associated with *Jonah (Old Testament Prophet, S01237); and Nicopolis/Emmaus, where Jesus consecrated as a church the house of *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249). Written in Latin, in Bethlehem, 404. | E07916 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, on a route from Jerusalem to Nazareth notes: Emmaus/Nicopolis, where *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249) recognised the risen Jesus at supper, and later suffered martyrdom; Diospolis, the place of martyrdom and burial of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), where many miracles occur; and Caesarea of Palestine, where *Cornelius (the centurion baptised by Peter in Acts, S00301) was baptised and martyred. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. |
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