page_title: Apostles
section_title: Tombs of the Apostles
hierarchical_section_title: Apostles / Deaths / Tombs of the Apostles
caption_attribution_description: English: Archbasilica of St. John Lateran HD
context_page_description: In Christian theology and ecclesiology, apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles, were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament. In addition to Christian theology, Islamic theology also acknowledges the apostles in the Quran. During the life and ministry of Jesus in the 1st century AD, the apostles were his closest followers and became the primary teachers of the gospel message of Jesus.
  While Christian tradition often refers to the apostles as being twelve in number, different gospel writers give different names for the same individual, and apostles mentioned in one gospel are not mentioned in others. There is also an Eastern Christian tradition derived from the Gospel of Luke of there having been as many as 70 apostles during the time of Jesus' ministry. Paul is often referred to as an apostle because in the narrative of Acts, he was directly taught and commissioned by a vision of Christ during his journey to Damascus. The commissioning of the Twelve Apostles during the ministry of Jesus is recorded in the Synoptic Gospels. After his resurrection, Jesus sent eleven of them by the Great Commission to spread his teachings to all nations.
context_section_description: The relics of the apostles are claimed by various Churches, many in Italy.
  Peter: buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, Italy
  Andrew: buried in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Patras, Greece
  James the Great: buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
  John: buried in the Basilica of St. John in Ephesus, Turkey
  Philip: buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome or possibly Hierapolis, near Denizli, Turkey
  Bartholomew: buried in the Basilica of Benevento, Italy, or Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island, Rome, Italy
  Matthew: buried in the Salerno Cathedral, Salerno, Italy
  James, son of Alpheus: buried in the Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem or the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome
  Thomas: buried  in the San Thome Basilica in Chennai, India or in the Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle in Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy
  Simon: buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome under the St. Joseph altar with St. Jude
  Jude Thaddeus: buried in St. Peter's Basilica under the St. Joseph altar with St. Simon; two bones (relics) located at National Shrine of St Jude in Chicago, Illinois
  Matthias: buried in the St. Matthias' Abbey in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  Paul: relics located in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome
  Judas Iscariot: remains located in Akeldama, near the Valley of Hinnom, in Jerusalem
caption: Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Rome)[26]
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