Hippolytus on the Twelve Apostles: Where e ach of t hem p reached , a nd w here he m et h is e nd 1. Peter preached the Gospel in Pontus, and Galatia, and Cappadocia, and Betania, and Italy, and Asia, and was afterwards crucified by Nero in Rome with his head downward, as he had himself desired to suffer in that manner. 2. Andrew preached to the Scythians and Thracians, and was crucified, suspended on an olive tree, at Patræ, a town of Achaia; and there too he was buried. 3. John, again, in Asia, was banished by Domitian the king to the isle of Patmos, in which also he wrote his Gospel and saw the apocalyptic vision; and in Trajan’s time he fell asleep at Ephesus, where his remains were sought for, but could not be found. 4. James, his brother, when preaching in Judea, was cut off with the sword by Herod the tetrarch, and was buried there. 5. Philip preached in Phrygia, and was crucified in Hierapolis with his head downward in the time of Domitian, and was buried there. 6. Bartholomew, again, preached to the Indians, to whom he also gave the Gospel according to Matthew, and was crucified with his head downward, and was buried in Allanum, 2019 a town of the great Armenia. 2020 7. And Matthew wrote the Gospel in the Hebrew tongue, 2021 and published it at Jerusalem, and fell asleep at Hierees, a town of Parthia. 8. And Thomas preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and Margians, 2022 and was thrust through in the four members of his body with a pine spear 2023 at Calamene, 2024 the city of India, and was buried there. 9. And James the son of Alphæus, when preaching in Jerusalem, was stoned to death by the Jews, and was buried there beside the temple. 10. Jude, who is also called Lebbæus, preached to the people of Edessa, 2025 and to all Mesopotamia, and fell asleep at Berytus, and was buried there. 11. Simon the Zealot, 2026 the son of Clopas, who is also called Jude, became bishop of Jerusalem after James the Just, and fell asleep and was buried there at the age of 120 years. 12. And Matthias, who was one of the seventy, was numbered along with the eleven apostles, and preached in Jerusalem, and fell asleep and was buried there. 13. And Paul entered into the apostleship a year after the assumption of Christ; and beginning at Jerusalem, he advanced as far as Illyricum, and Italy, and Spain, preaching the Gospel for five-and-thirty years. And in the time of Nero he was beheaded at Rome, and was buried there. 2019     Or Albanum. 2020     [The general tradition is, that he was flayed alive, and then crucified.] 2021     [See Scrivener, Introduction , p. 282, note 1, and Lardner, Credib ., ii. 494, etc.] 2022     Μάργοις .  Combefisius proposes Μάρδοις . Jerome has “Magis.” 2023     The text is ἐλακήδη ἐλογχιάσθη , ἐλακήδη being probably for ἐλάτῃ . 2024     Καλαμήνῃ .  Steph. le Moyne reads Καραμήνῃ . 2025     Αἰδεσινοῖς . 2026     ὁ Κανανίτης .