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Also Known As Joseph the Levite • Joses the Levite
Flourished c.1 - c.100 • Cyprus
Role In Council of Jerusalem

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bishop and patron saint of Ireland
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copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
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St. Ninian
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Nicetas of Remesiana
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St. Gregory the Illuminator
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