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[[Image:Jasonsosipater.jpg|frame|thumb|200px|Ss. Jason and [[Apostle Sosipater|Sosipater]]]]
The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Jason''' is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]].
St. Jason's [[feast day]]s are celebrated on [[April 28]] (Slavic tradition) or [[April 29|29]](Greek tradition), and on [[January 4]] among the Seventy.
Born in Tarsus, he was appointed [[Bishop]] of Tarsus by the [[Apostle Paul]]. With the [[Apostle Sosipater]] he traveled to the island of Corfu where they built a church in honor of the [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr]] and converted many [[pagan]]s to the Christian faith. Seeing this, the king of Corfu threw them into prison where they [[conversion|converted]] seven other prisoners to the Christian faith: Saturninus, Jakischolus, Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius and Mammius. The king had those seven put to death for their faith in boiling pitch.
