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Saint Achaicus of Corinth (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαϊκός Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia") [1] was a Corinthian Christian saint who according to the Bible, together with Saints Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Saint Paul, and from Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:17; cf. also 16:15).
Achaia [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαΐα), sometimes spelled Achaea, [3] [4] was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, Attica, Boeotia, Euboea, the Cyclades and parts of Phthiotis, Aetolia and Phocis. In the north, it bordered on the provinces of Epirus vetus and Macedonia.
Stephanas (Greek: Στεφανᾶς, Stephanas, meaning "crowned", [1] from Greek: στεφανόω, stephanoó, "to crown") [2] was a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among the limited number of believers whom Paul the Apostle had baptized there [3] and whom Paul refers to as the “first-fruits of Achaia”.
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /; Greek: Ἀχαΐα, Akhaḯa, Ancient Greek:) is the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries are: to the south, Mount Erymanthus ; to the south-east, Mount Cyllene ; to the east, Sicyon ; and to the west, the ...
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia [2] (Αχαΐα, Akhaḯa), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Before Paul's arrival, Apollos had moved from Ephesus to Achaia [4] [5] and was living in Corinth, the provincial capital of Achaia. [6] Acts reports that Apollos arrived in Achaia with a letter of recommendation from the Ephesian Christians and "greatly helped those who through grace had believed, for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public ...
Under the Romans, Corinth was rebuilt as a major city in Southern Greece or Achaia. It had a large [53] mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews. The city was an important locus for activities of The Roman Imperial Cult, and both Temple E [54] and the Julian Basilica [55] have been suggested as locations of imperial cult activity.
A Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. II. pp. 105–106. A reconstruction is given by Anatole France in Sur la pierre blanche. F. L. Lucas's story "The Hydra (A.D. 53)" in The Woman Clothed with the Sun, and other stories (Cassell, London, 1937; Simon & Schuster, N.Y., 1938) focuses on Gallio at the time of Paul's trial.