Duodecim Apostoli

Apostle

Given name

Philip

Feast day

May 3 (with Saint James the Less)

Symbols

Basket of loaves · cross

Death

Crucified at Hierapolis, Phrygia, c. AD 80

Philip came from Bethsaida, as did Peter and Andrew. He brought Nathanael (Bartholomew) to Christ. At the multiplication of the loaves he asked how the crowd might be fed. Tradition records his preaching in Greece and Phrygia and martyrdom by crucifixion.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth.” (John 1:45)