Philip the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Carthage, Greece, Syria, and Asia-M
St. Philip, by Peter Paul Rubens, from his Twelve Apostles series (c. 1611), at the Museo del Prado, Madrid
Philip the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
Martyrdom of Philip the Apostle. Scene from the Menologion of Basil II.
Tomb of Philip the Apostle, Hierapolis, Turkey
Philip the Evangelist appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. According to the work, he was one of the Seven chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem. He preached
Philip the Apostle
…is also said to have been martyred by beheading, rather than crucifixion, in the city of Hierapolis. Philip the Apostle should not be confused with Philip the Evangelist, who was appointed with Stephen and five others to oversee charitable distributions (Acts 6:5). One of the Gnostic texts discovered in the Nag Hammadi…
A stained glass diptych showing the baptisms of the Ethiopian eunuch by St. Philip the Evangelist and of Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist, from the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Garden City, New York).