The Apostolic Age · AD 4–70
Secundus of Thessalonica
fl. c. 57 (death unrecorded) · Delegate of Thessalonica · Thessalonica
The Apostolic Age
Who Secundus of Thessalonica was
Aristarchus’s fellow-delegate from Thessalonica in the collection escort — a Latin slave-name (“Second”) common among freedmen, consistent with the working-class congregation Paul had told to labor with their own hands. He appears in the one verse only; the archive records him as the verse does, a trusted man of a young church.
Acts 20:4 only — class-A role, but history is silent after the collection voyage.
Common questions
When was Secundus active?
Secundus of Thessalonica is dated fl. c. 57 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Secundus in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Secundus?
Secundus of Thessalonica is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Luke. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Secundus from?
The archive associates Secundus of Thessalonica with Thessalonica.
Who were Secundus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Secundus of Thessalonica to 2 other figures, including Aristarchus of Thessalonica and Jason of Thessalonica. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Scripture record
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 30 · Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost, AD 30–33
- AD 44 · Persecution under Herod Agrippa I, AD 44
- AD 49 · The Council of Jerusalem, AD 49
- AD 57 · Paul writes Romans, AD 57
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Secundus.