The life of Philip of the Seventy
After Pentecost the Twelve laid hands on him together with six others, Stephen the eldest among them, to take charge of what the faithful offered and to see to the widows, the orphans, and the poor. When Stephen was stoned and the persecution began, Philip left Jerusalem for Samaria and preached there, and among those he baptized was Simon the magician. An angel sent him out to the road that runs down toward Gaza, where he found an officer of the queen of Ethiopia sitting in his chariot reading the prophet Isaiah. Philip opened the words to him and baptized him. The Spirit carried him away to Azotus, and he preached through every city he passed until he came to Caesarea. The apostles afterward made him a bishop and sent him to Tralles in Asia Minor, where he brought many to God and built a church. He fell asleep in old age.
