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{{Short description|Amanuensis for Paul the Apostle}}
{{Infobox saint
| honorific prefix = Saint
| name = Tertius
| image = Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
| caption = Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius ([[Menologion of Basil II]])
| titles = [[Hieromartyr]] [[Metropolis of Iconium|Bishop of Iconium]] [[Seventy disciples|Apostle of the Seventy]]
| birth_date = 1st century
| birth_place = Unknown
| death_date = 1st century
| death_place = [[Iconium]], [[Galatia (Roman province)|Galatia]], [[Roman Empire]]
| venerated_in = {{nowrap|[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]}} [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| feast_day = [[June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|June 21]] (Orthodoxy) [[October 30]] (both) [[November 10]] (both)
}}

According to the New Testament book of Romans, '''Tertius of Iconium''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Τέρτιος Ἰκονιού) acted as an [[amanuensis]] for [[Paul the Apostle]], writing down his [[Epistle to the Romans]].<ref>Romans 16:22</ref>

==Christian tradition==
He is numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]] in a list pseudonymously attributed to [[Hippolytus of Rome]],<ref>On the Seventy Apostles of Christ</ref> which is found in the margin of several ancient manuscripts.<ref>According to a list of the seventy contained in several ancient manuscripts. See Townsend, George (1825). ''The New Testament, Vol. 1.'' London. p. 310.</ref>

According to tradition, Tertius was [[Bishop]] in [[Iconium]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New American Commentary:Romans|last=Mounce|first=Robert H.|publisher=Broadman & Holman Publishers|year=1995|isbn=978-08054-0127-1|volume=27|pages=281 (fn. 77)|edition=NIV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Romans: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary|last=Fitzmyer|first=Joseph A.|publisher=Doubleday|year=1993|isbn=0-385-23317-5|location=New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland|pages=749}}</ref> after Bishop [[Sosipater]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Dictionary of the Bible|last=Hastings|first=James|work=Iconium|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=1911|volume=2|location=New York|pages=444}}</ref> and died a [[Christian martyrs|martyr]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} The Catholic Church marks St. Tertius days on October 30 and November 10.

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Octoechos|Tone]] 3) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=103265]
:Holy Apostles, [[Apostle Erastus|Erastus]], [[Apostle Olympas|Olympas]], [[Apostle Herodian|Herodian]], [[Apostle Sosipater|Sosipater]], [[Apostle Quartus|Quartus]] and Tertius,
:entreat the merciful God,
:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)
:Illumined by divine light, O holy apostles,
:you wisely destroyed the works of idolatry.
:When you caught all the pagans you brought them to the Master
:and taught them to glorify the Trinity.

==Sources==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue from Ohrid]]''

==References==
<references />
*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Tertius|oldid=70983}}

==External links==
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103111 Apostle Tertius of the Seventy], October 30 ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103270 Apostle Tertius of the Seventy], November 10 (OCA)
* [http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=284 Erastos, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipatros, Quartus, Tertios, Apostles of the 70] ([[GOARCH]])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102041747/http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?day=30&month=October The Holy Apostles Cleopas, Tertius, Mark, Justus and Artemas] (''Prologue of Ohrid'', October 30)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213002019/http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=November&day=10 The Holy Apostles Olympas, Erastus, Quartus, Herodion, Sosipater and Tertius] (''Prologue of Ohrid'', November 10)

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{{Epistle to the Romans}}

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[[Category:People in the Pauline epistles]]
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