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With reference to the other original Apostles, 

 there is really but little history. Traditions have 

 been preserved, but they are obscure. It is prob- 

 able that St. Andrea) labored in the territory of 

 ancient Greece, along the Mediterranean and north- 

 ward. He founded the church at Byzantium, now 

 Constantinople, then in France, Macedonia, and 

 other places, suffering martyrdom finally at Petrse 

 in Achaia. 



*S7. Jude, (Lebbseus Thaddeus) devoted his 

 labors to Judea, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Syria. 

 He has left us one Epistle. (See Ep. St. Jude. ) 



St. Thomas, travelled through Parthia, Persia and 

 India, and told of the Christ. St. Matthew, is said 

 to have performed his labors in Parthia, and the 

 countries along the borders of India. He is the 

 author of the first Gospel, which he wrote mainly 

 for his brethren, the Jews, to convince them that 

 Jesus Christ was the Messiah promised in the Old 

 Testament. St. Bartholomew, (Nathaniel, "the 

 Israelite, indeed,") labored in Arabia, and on the 

 borders of Judea. St. Philip, in Upper Asia, St. 

 Simon, in Africa. 



St. Matthias, the successor to the place of Judas 

 Iscariot, (See Acts i. ) preached in Cappadocia, and 

 suffered martyrdom. St. Paul's life and labors are 

 more fully detailed for us than those of any other 

 called to be an Apostle. From the Book of the 

 Acts of the Apostles, and from St. Paul's Epistles, 



