Cleopas
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Cleopas (; Greek: Κλεοπάς, romanized: Kleopas), also spelled Cleophas, was a figure of early Christianity, one of the two disciples who encountered Jesus during the Road to Emmaus appearance in .
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Cleopas the Apostle
- Saint.birth_date
- 1st century BC
- Saint.death_date
- 1st century
- Saint.feast_day
- 25 September (Roman Catholic)30 October (Eastern Orthodox)10 November (Coptic Orthodox)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchOriental Orthodox ChurchCatholic Church
- Saint.image
- Michelangelo Caravaggio 016.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Cleopas from the Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, London, 1601
- Saint.titles
- Apostle
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- name in native language
- חלפי, חילפאי
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Cleopas (; Greek: Κλεοπάς, romanized: Kleopas), also spelled Cleophas, was a figure of early Christianity, one of the two disciples who encountered Jesus during the Road to Emmaus appearance in .
==Etymology== Some writers claim that the name Clopas in John 19:25 ("Mary of Clopas", "Κλωπᾶς") is a Hellenized form of a claimed Aramaic name "Qlopha" (קלופא), and that Cleopas' name ("Κλεόπας") is an abbreviated form of "Cleopatros" (Κλεόπατρος), a Greek name meaning "glory of the father" (best known in the feminine form Cleopatra).