### Clue: Early Christian beneficiary when Peter gets fleeced (4)
### Answer: PAUL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Early Christian
 Cryptic defn: Reference to the phrase "to rob Peter to pay Paul" which could be paraphrased as "to fleece Peter to give to beneficiary, Paul" – doesn't quite have the proper ring to it.
Defn: An apostle in the 1st Century.