Apostle · 1st century
Zacchaeus the Publican
Also known as Apostle Zacchaeus · Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea
The wealthy chief tax-collector of Jericho who climbed a sycamore tree to see Christ and, receiving Him into his house, repented and made fourfold restitution; tradition counts him among the Seventy and as a bishop of Caesarea.
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Notes
Also commemorated among the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints