Silas
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{{Infobox Saint
|name=Saint Silas
|birth_date=
|death_date=c. [[50]] [[AD]]
|feast_day=[[January 26]] ([[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]])<br>[[February 10]] ([[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]])<br>[[July 13]] ([[Roman Martyrology]])<br>[[July 30]] (Eastern Orthodoxy)<br>[[July 13]] (Syriac, Malankara Calendars)
|venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Catholic Churches]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Oriental Orthodoxy]], [[Anglicanism]], and [[Lutheranism]]
|image=Silas, apostle.jpg
|imagesize=175px
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|death_place=[[Macedonia]]
|titles=Bishop and Martyr
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|attributes=First [[Bishop]] of [[Corinth]]; [[Martyr]]
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{{This|the first century figure from early Christianity}}
'''Saint Silas''' or '''Saint Silvanus''' (flourished [[1st century]]) was a leading member of the first [[Christian]] community in [[Jerusalem]] and later became a companion of [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]] in his first missionary journey to [[Antioch]], and also in Paul's second missionary journey to [[Galatia]].
St. Silas is listed as a co-author or co-sender of Paul's [[First Epistle to the Thessalonians|First]] and [[Second Epistle to the Thessalonians]], a part of the [[biblical canon|canon]] of the [[New Testament]]. Later in his ministry, Silas teamed with [[Saint Peter|Peter]] on missions in [[Pontus]] and [[Cappadocia]]. He also served as Peter’s scribe, as 1 Pet. 5:12, indicates that Silas wrote the [[First Epistle of Peter]]. He is currently commemorated in the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] on [[January 26]] with [[Timothy]] and the [[Apostle Titus]] and separately on [[February 10]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and by the [[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]].
The name ''Silas'' is a [[Greek language|Greek]] nickname for the [[Latin]] ''[[Silvanus]]'', which means "of the forest." Although a Roman in the Bible, the name "Silas" may be derived from pre-Roman Italian languages (''see, e.g.'', the character "Asilas", an [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] leader and warrior-prophet who plays a prominent role in assisting [[Aeneas]] in [[Virgil]]'s epic poem the ''[[Aeneid]]'').
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[[Category:Ancient Roman saints]]
[[Category:New Testament people]]
[[Category:Saints from the Holy Land]]
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox saints]]
[[Category:1st century bishops]]
[[Category:Prophets in Christianity]]
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