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Stachys the Apostle (Greek: Στάχυς ear-spike) was the second bishop of Byzantium from AD 38 to AD 54. He seemed to be closely connected to Saint Andrew and Saint Paul. Eusebius quotes Origen as saying that Andrew had preached in Asia Minor and in Scythia along the Black Sea as far as the Volga and Kiev hence he became a patron saint of Romania and Russia.
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