Bible Encyclopedias
Apelles
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
Apel´les, a Christian at Rome, whom Paul salutes in his Epistle to the Church there (Romans 16:10), and calls 'approved in Christ,' i.e. an approved Christian. According to the old church traditions Apelles was one of the seventy disciples, and bishop either of Smyrna or Heracleia.
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Apelles'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/a/apelles.html.