Porcius Festus

Porcius Festus († 62 AD ) was a Roman knight, who was in command of Judea in 60-62 AD.

It is unclear whether Festus as Prefect of the governor of Syria was under, or whether it can be regarded as an independent province of Judea Praesidialprocurator. The peace efforts during his tenure achieved no lasting success. For the summer of 62 at Festus ' successor Lucceius Albinus took the anti-Roman forces in Judea again reinforced.

As the biblical narrative in the book of Acts, Festus knew nothing with the apostle Paul, who had been taken by his predecessor Marcus Antonius Felix in protective custody to begin, and finally left it to the Jewish King Herod Agrippa II out what it mysterious with this have Jesus Christ to himself. When Paul appealed to the Roman emperor Nero, Festus sent him to Rome.