Philip the Apostle

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Drawing of Philip by Lorenzo Ferri Salton the indications of Maria Valtorta. Source: documentary collection of the Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation.
Philip is a Galilean from Bethsaida. He is in his fifties, his face already marked by the years, yet still in his prime.[1] At school, he was a classmate of Peter, a turbulent student, under the discipline of "that grumpy Elisha"[2], their teacher. He is the 5th apostle of Jesus. Andrew the Apostle introduces him to the Christ saying:
"The one you longed for has come." He believes spontaneously: "My Master and my God!" he exclaims when Jesus welcomes him as a disciple.[3]
At Jesus' request, he in turn introduces his friend: Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle called Bartholomew.

Philip is married to Mary. He has two daughters, including Marianne.[4]
They successively take vows of virginity.[5] It is heartbreaking for Philip, who thus sees his dreams of offspring fly away.[6]

Philip is of comfortable means: without doubt a wealthy owner[7], well balanced and faithful.[8]        

Apostolic journey

At the time of the first multiplication of the loaves[9], it is to him that Jesus asks how many loaves are needed to feed the crowd.[10]        

During Holy Week, while the crowd presses around Jesus, some Gentiles (Goyim or pagans) want to see Jesus and call Philip[11], probably attracted by his Greek-sounding name.[12]        

At the Last Supper, like many Apostles, Philip has not understood the true nature of Jesus: he asks Him to show them His Father. Jesus is surprised by this lack of understanding: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father," He replies.[13] 

Witness of the Last Supper[14], of the Resurrection[15], of the Ascension[16] and of Pentecost.[17]

At the time of the Passion, Philip flees during the arrest of Jesus, like most of the Apostles, so he does not witness it.  

He and Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle are traditionalists as confirmed by the Virgin Mary.[18]

His name

Philip (פפילי) means in Greek "lover of horses" - Historical reference: the father of Alexander the Great.[19]

Where is he mentioned in the work?

EMV 50 EMV 53 EMV 54 EMV 55 EMV 57 EMV 70 EMV 91 EMV 92 EMV 93 EMV 94 EMV 95 EMV 96 EMV 97 EMV 98 EMV 99 EMV 100 EMV 102 EMV 103 EMV 104 EMV 105 EMV 108 EMV 109 EMV 110 EMV 111 EMV 112 EMV 115 EMV 116 EMV 117
Beginning of the Apostles' communal life: EMV 119 EMV 120 EMV 121 EMV 122 EMV 123 EMV 124 EMV 125 EMV 126 EMV 127 EMV 128 EMV 129 EMV 130 EMV 131 EMV 132 EMV 133 EMV 134 EMV 135 EMV 136 EMV 137 EMV 138 EMV 139 EMV 140 EMV 141 EMV 142 EMV 143 EMV 144 EMV 145 EMV 146 EMV 147 EMV 148 EMV 149 EMV 153 EMV 154 EMV 155 EMV 157 EMV 158
The election of the Apostles: EMV 160 EMV 162 EMV 164 EMV 165 EMV 166
The Sermon on the Mount: EMV 169 EMV 170 EMV 171 EMV 172 EMV 173 EMV 174 EMV 176
Apostolate in Galilee: EMV 177 EMV 178 EMV 179 EMV 180 EMV 181 EMV 182 EMV 183 EMV 184 EMV 185 EMV 186
The second paschal journey: EMV 187 EMV 188 EMV 189 EMV 190 EMV 191 EMV 192 EMV 193 EMV 194 EMV 195 EMV 196 EMV 197 EMV 198 EMV 199 EMV 201 EMV 202 EMV 203
Apostolate in Judea: EMV 205 EMV 206 EMV 206 EMV 207 EMV 208 EMV 210 EMV 211 EMV 212 EMV 212 EMV 214 EMV 215
Apostolate in Philistia: EMV 216 EMV 217 EMV 218 EMV 219 EMV 220 EMV 221 EMV 222 EMV 223 EMV 224 EMV 225 EMV 228 EMV 229 EMV 230 EMV 232 EMV 233 EMV 235 EMV 237 EMV 238 EMV 239 EMV 240 EMV 241 EMV 242 EMV 243 EMV 244 EMV 247 EMV 248 EMV 249 EMV 250 EMV 251 EMV 252 EMV 253 EMV 254 EMV 255
Sending of the Apostles and Disciples on Mission: EMV 256 EMV 257 EMV 260 EMV 261 EMV 262 EMV 265 EMV 269 EMV 271 EMV 272 EMV 273 EMV 274 EMV 275 EMV 276 EMV 277 EMV 278 EMV 279 EMV 280
Perea, Gilead, and Trachonitis: EMV 281 EMV 284 EMV 296 EMV 297 EMV 298 EMV 299 EMV 300 EMV 301 EMV 302 EMV 306 EMV 310
The journey of the Disciples to Antioch: EMV 326
Phoenicia and Upper Galilee: EMV 332 EMV 333 EMV 334 EMV 335 EMV 336 EMV 337 EMV 338 EMV 339 EMV 340 EMV 341 EMV 342 EMV 343 EMV 344 EMV 345 EMV 346 EMV 347
The Transfiguration and the Bread of Heaven: EMV 348 EMV 349 EMV 350 EMV 351 EMV 352 EMV 353 EMV 354 EMV 355 EMV 356 EMV 357 EMV 358 EMV 359 EMV 360 EMV 361 EMV 362 EMV 363
The penultimate Passover: EMV 364 EMV 365 EMV 366 EMV 367 EMV 368 EMV 369 EMV 370 EMV 371 EMV 372 EMV 374 EMV 375 EMV 376 EMV 377 EMV 378
In Judea: EMV 379 EMV 380 EMV 381 EMV 382 EMV 383 EMV 384 EMV 385 EMV 386 EMV 387 EMV 388 EMV 389 EMV 390 EMV 391 EMV 392 EMV 393 EMV 394 EMV 398 EMV 399 EMV 402 EMV 403 EMV 404 EMV 405 EMV 406 EMV 407 EMV 408 EMV 410 EMV 411 EMV 412 EMV 413 EMV 414 EMV 415 EMV 416 EMV 417 EMV 418 EMV 419 EMV 420 EMV 421 EMV 422 EMV 423 EMV 424 EMV 425 EMV 426 EMV 427 EMV 428 EMV 429 EMV 430 EMV 431 EMV 432
Summer in Nazareth: EMV 435 EMV 436 EMV 440 EMV 441 EMV 443 EMV 444 EMV 445 EMV 446 EMV 447 EMV 448 EMV 449 EMV 450 EMV 451 EMV 452 EMV 453 EMV 454 EMV 456 EMV 457 EMV 458 EMV 459 EMV 460 EMV 461 EMV 462 EMV 463 EMV 465
In Syro-Phoenicia: EMV 466 EMV 467 EMV 469 EMV 470 EMV 471 EMV 475 EMV 473 EMV 474 EMV 475 EMV 476 EMV 477 EMV 481 EMV 482
In Moab and Judea: EMV 499 EMV 502 EMV 505 EMV 511 EMV 514 EMV 517 EMV 520 EMV 521
The Feast of the Dedication: EMV 527 EMV 529 EMV 532 EMV 535 EMV 536 EMV 538
Exile in Samaria: EMV 551 EMV 552 EMV 553 EMV 554 EMV 556 EMV 566 EMV 567 EMV 571 EMV 575
The return to Jerusalem: EMV 577 EMV 582 EMV 586
Holy Week: EMV 590 EMV 593 EMV 594 EMV 596 EMV 597 EMV 598 EMV 600
Resurrection Sunday: EMV 621 EMV 626
From Resurrection to Ascension: EMV 628 EMV 629 EMV 630 EMV 634 EMV 635 EMV 636 EMV 638 EMV 639 EMV 640 EMV 649

Learn more about this character

Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel characters, Salton Maria Valtorta (Monsignor René Laurentin, François-Michel Debroise, Jean-François Lavère, Editions Salvator, 2012):
Saint Philip is celebrated on May 3rd along with James the Less. In the East, he is celebrated on November 14th. Some historical sources sometimes confuse him with deacon Philip, father of four daughters.[20]

Philip the Apostle is attributed with an apocryphal gospel of the 2nd century and the Acts of Philip, an apocryphal work of the 4th century. According to this source, he would have evangelized Greece, Scythia north of the Black Sea, then Phrygia (in present-day Turkey), as retained by the Roman Breviary.

Isidore of Seville (9th century) attributes to him the evangelization of Gaul, a hypothesis little followed.

According to Polycarp (2nd century), "he had three daughters, two of whom remained virgins all their lives and the third lived in the Holy Spirit."[21] According to Jacques de Voragine (13th century), he had only two daughters.[22] Abbé Maistre (19th century) confirms three daughters and names them: Eutychia, Hermione, and Marianne.[23] The latter name is mentioned in Maria Valtorta, who does not mention any others.

Philip is said to have died a martyr at 87 years old, crucified upside down under Domitian. He was buried with his daughters in Hierapolis, city of Phrygia, which later built him the Martyrium.

Pope Pelagius I built in the 6th century the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome. He transferred the Relics of Saint Philip and of James the Less (James son of Alphaeus) there.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ EMV 639.1
  2. ↑ EMV 210.7
  3. ↑ EMV 50.5
  4. ↑ EMV 566.13
  5. ↑ EMV 241.3
  6. ↑ EMV 370.12-13
  7. ↑ EMV 422
  8. ↑ EMV 50
  9. ↑ EMV 273.1-2
  10. ↑ John 6, 3-13
  11. ↑ John 12, 21-22.
  12. ↑ EMV 598.12
  13. ↑ EMV 600.26
  14. ↑ EMV 600
  15. ↑ EMV 627 ; EMV 629.
  16. ↑ EMV 638.16-23
  17. ↑ EMV 640
  18. ↑ EMV 649.6
  19. ↑ Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net
  20. ↑ Acts 21, 8-9.
  21. ↑ Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, Book III, § 31.
  22. ↑ The Golden Legend of Jacques de Voragine, Saint Philip'
  23. ↑ Abbé Maistre, The Most Illustrious Holy Women of Apostolic Times, page 298.
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