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Cephas of Iconium is numbered among the Seventy Disciples and was bishop of Iconium or Colophon Pamphylia. It is assumed that he is the one who is mentioned by the Apostle Paul (1 Cor. 15:5)[citation needed]. The name Cephas is Aramaic for Peter.The Church remembers St. Cephas on March 30 with Apostles Sosthenes Apollos Caesar and Epaphroditus; and on December 8 with the same apostles and Onesiphorus. Apostles of the 70 were chosen and sent by Jesus Christ himself to preach.
