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As a result of Philip's preaching the crowd released Bartholomew from his cross, but Philip insisted that they not release him, and Philip died on the cross. Philip is also said to have been martyred by beheading, rather than crucifixion, in the city of Hierapolis. Martyrdom of Philip the Apostle. Scene from the Menologion of Basil II.
Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Asia-Minor. In the Roman Rite, the feast day of Philip, along with that of James the Less, is traditionally observed on 1 May, the anniversary of the dedication of the church dedicated to them in Rome (now called the Church of the Twelve Apostles). In ...
The text proper makes no claim to be from Philip; the only connection with Philip the Apostle within the text is that he is the only apostle mentioned (at 73,8). Most scholars hold a 3rd-century date of composition. [5]
The Greek Acts of Philip (Acta Philippi) is an episodic gnostic apocryphal book of acts from the mid-to-late fourth century, [1] originally in fifteen separate acta, [2] that gives an accounting of the miraculous acts performed by the Apostle Philip, with overtones of the heroic romance.
At a very early period he came to be confused with the Philip the Apostle; the confusion was all the more easy because, as an esteemed member of the apostolic company, he may readily have been described as an apostle in the wider sense of that word, beyond the original 12 Apostles. [2]
The Martyrdom of Saint Philip (Spanish: Martirio de San Felipe) is a painting by Jusepe de Ribera from 1639. It is considered one of his best works. The Spanish critic Eugenio d'Ors said of it " almost, almost like a Russian ballet."
Saint Philip is an Apuan marble statue of Philip the Apostle by Nanni di Banco. It forms part of a cycle of fourteen sculptures commissioned for the external niches of Orsanmichele in Florence, each showing the patron saint of one of the city's guilds. It is 2.5 m high and was commissioned by the Arte dei Calzolai.
The work can be divided into two sections. The first is the letter from Peter to Philip (most likely Philip the Apostle, but perhaps a composite character combined with Philip the Evangelist), found in 132,12-133,8 in the Nag Hammadi version; the second is an account of a dialogue between the apostles, Peter, and the resurrected Christ, which spans 133,8-140,27 in the Nag Hammadi version.