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Achaicus of Corinth
one of the seventy disciples
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
100
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Achaicus was a Christian of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried letters between the Christians of Corinth and St. Paul, as Paul mentions in his First Letter to the Corinthians.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe any miracles or a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Corinthian Christian named by St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Achaicus
- Wikidata Q982939 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Achaicus of Corinth (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.