Apelles of Heraklion

Apelles was one of the seventy disciples. He is mentioned in Romans 16:20 EU, where Paul calls him a " tried and true in Christ." Apelles to have become later the first bishop of Smyrna; other traditions to the contrary by a bishop of Heraclea in Trachis in office. Apelles is venerated as a saint; His feast day is October 22.