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Dispersion of the Apostles
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Dispersion of the Apostles
In the
Christian
Gospel of Mark
,
Mark 16
verses 19 and 20, the
Apostles
of
Jesus
dispersed from
Jerusalem
after the
Ascension of Jesus
. According to tradition they founded the
Apostolic Sees
. This
Apostolic Age
event was celebrated by a
liturgical
feast
in some places in commemoration of the
missionary work
of the Christian Apostles credited with having established the Apostolic Sees. In those places it was celebrated as a major double on 15 July.
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