Sts. Aquila and Priscilla, Disciples of St. Paul - Information on the Saint of the Day

Sts. Aquila and Priscilla, disciples of st. Paul - Information on the Saint of the Day

See Vatican News to discover the life-story and message of Sts. Aquila and Priscilla, disciples of st. Paul, the Saint of the Day 8 July

Daily prayer: Aquila and Priscilla

God of grace and might, who gave to your servants Aquila and Priscilla gifts of zeal and eloquence to make known the truth of the Gospel: Raise up, we pray, in every country, heralds and evangelists of your kingdom, so that the world may know the immeasurable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. — Book of Common Prayer

Saints Aquila and Priscilla

Paul arrived in Corinth around the year 50, where he encountered Priscilla (or Prisca) and her husband Aquila. Like Paul, they were tentmakers and Jewish, newly arrived from Rome after Emperor Claudius expelled the Jewish community from the city. Roman historian Suetonius attributes this expulsion to the disturbances caused by someone named “Chrestus,” likely a reference to conflicts between Christian and non-Christian Jews. The religious belief…