Andronicus of Pannonia
Andronicus of Pannonia († 1st century) is an early Christian and martyr who is identified by church tradition with a person mentioned in Romans . He is counted among the Seventy disciples and venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches .
The church tradition understood Rom 16.7 EU as saying that Andronicus and Junias were companions. Sometimes Junia is read instead of Junias , which is then viewed as the wife of Andronicus. The Complete Lexicon of Saints (Augsburg 1858) explains: “According to the words of the apostle… one would like to become with the more recent interpreters of the conviction that Junias was a man; only the older (especially Greek) interpreters are for a woman, and among these especially St. John Chrysostom . ”In Romans , Paul mentions that both of them belonged to his people, so they were also born Jews , and were in prison with them. He calls them apostles and writes that they confessed to Jesus Christ before himself . Andronicus received the nickname of Pannonia because, according to tradition, he worked as a bishop in Pannonia , where he also suffered martyrdom.
The relics of Andronicus finally came to be worshiped in Constantinople . Remembrance of the Holy is the 17th May .
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| SURNAME | Andronicus of Pannonia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andronicus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Apostle, martyr, one of the seventy disciples |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |