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| | Twelve Apostles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | The apostles have also been known as the twelve saints: St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. Bartholomew, St. James the Greater, St. James the Lesser, St. John, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Matthew, St. Simon, St. Philip, and St. Thomas. |
 | | The Emperor Constantine the Great, sometimes considered founder of the Byzantine Empire, is sometimes called the Thirteenth Apostle, for example: Orthodox Church in America: "He is called "the Great," for he was a zealous champion for the purity of Orthodoxy. |
 | | John - A common belief is that the "beloved disciple" was John and that he was the writer the Gospel According to John – This John could be John the Evangelist or John the Apostle himself. |
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