Salamis, Cyprus
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Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son o
The gymnasium at Salamis
The theatre in Salamis
Columns in Roman gymnasium, Salamis, Northern Cyprus
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Barnabas
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Barnabas, born Joseph or Joses, was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a compa
Salamis, Cyprus
…tomb-gifts, which also attest trade relations with the Near East. In what is known as the "First Missionary Journey", Paul the Apostle and the Cypriot-born Barnabas made Salamis their first destination, landing there after heading out from Antioch of Syria. here they proclaimed Christ in the Jewish synagogues before…
![Detail from San Barnaba Altarpiece [Wikidata] by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Galer%C3%ADa_Uffizi%2C_Florencia%2C_Italia%2C_2022_09_18%2C_DD_42_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Galer%C3%ADa_Uffizi%2C_Florencia%2C_Italia%2C_2022_09_18%2C_DD_42_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Detail from San Barnaba Altarpiece [Wikidata] by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490
Saint Barnabas or Saint Matthew, attrib. Juan Martín Cabezalero, c. 1640
Barnabas curing the sick by Paolo Veronese, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, c. 1566
Saints Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (Sacrifice at Lystra) by Bartholomeus Breenberg, 1637, Princeton University Art Museum