HIPPOLYTUS, who died about A.D. 230, gives an account of where the apostles labored and where they died.
PETER preached the gospel in Pontus and Galatia, and Cappadocia and Betania (Bithynia), and Italy and Asia; he was afterward crucified by Nero in Rome, with his head downward, as he had desired.
ANDREW preached to the Scythians and Thracians, and was crucified at Patræ (a town) of Achaia.
JOHN was banished by Domitian, the emperor, to the isle of Patmos, in which he also wrote his Gospel, and saw the Apocalyptic vision; and in Trajan's time he fell asleep at Ephesus.
JAMES, his brother, when preaching in Judaea, was cut off with the sword by Herod the Tetrarch.
PHILIP preached in Phrygia, and was crucified in Hierapolis, with his head downward, in the time of Domitian, and was buried there.
BARTHOLOMEW (preached) to the Indians, to whom also he gave the Gospel according to Matthew: he was crucified with his head downward, and was buried in Allanum (or Albanum) of the Great Armenia.
MATTHEW wrote the gospel in the Hebrew tongue, and published it at Jerusalem, and fell asleep at Hierees (a town) of Parthia.
THOMAS preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and Margians (or Magis), and was thrust through in the four members of his body with a pine spear, at Calamene (or Caramene), a city of India.
JAMES, THE SON OF ALPHÆUS, when preaching in Jerusalem, was stoned to death by the Jews.
JUDAS, who is also Lebbaeus, preached to the people of Edessa, and to all Mesopotamia, and fell asleep at Berytus.SIMON THE ZEALOT, the son of Clopas, who is also (called) Judas, became bishop of Jerusalem after James the Just, and fell asleep at the age of 120 years.
MATTHIAS, one of the seventy, was numbered with the apostles, preached in Jerusalem, and fell asleep there.
PAUL entered into the apostleship a year after the ascension of Christ, and beginning at Jerusalem, he advanced as far as Illyricum, and Italy and Spain, preaching the gospel for five and-thirty years. And in the time of Nero he was beheaded at Rome, and was buried there.
Of JAMES the Lord's brother, Hegesippus (2nd century) relates that he was highly esteemed at Jerusalem, and the scribes and Pharisees came to him and said, "We pray thee stop the people, for they have gone astray after Jesus, as though he were the Christ. We pray thee to persuade all that come to the passover concerning Jesus." So they set him at the gable of the temple, that all might hear him; and calling to him said, "O just one, to whom we ought to give heed, seeing that the people are going astray after Jesus who was crucified, tell us what is the door to Jesus." He answered with a loud voice, "Why ask ye me about Jesus the Son of man? He sits in heaven on the right hand of great power, and will come in the clouds of heaven." Many were convinced, and gave glory on the testimony of James, crying out, "Hosanna to the Son of David." This enraged the rulers, and he was thrown down and stoned, while he, like his Lord, prayed for his enemies.
Josephus also states that James' was stoned, but says it was under the charge of breaking the laws. Both accounts may be true: his testimony being the cause of his death, and the accusation of breaking the laws, the plea raised.
As to James, the son of Alphæus, and James the Lord's brother being the same person, as is thought by some, see JAMES in list of persons.