Editing Barnabas (section)

== Martyrdom ==
{{Infobox saint
|honorific_prefix=[[Saint]]
|name=Barnabas
|image=File:San Bernabé o San Mateo (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando).jpg
|caption=''Saint Barnabus or Saint Matthew'', {{abbr|attrib.|attributed to}} [[Juan Martín Cabezalero]], c. 1640|titles=Apostle, Disciple, Preacher, and Martyr
|birth_date=1st century AD 
|death_date=
|feast_day=June 11
|venerated_in=[[Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]], [[Oriental Orthodox Churches]], [[Anglican Communion]], [[Lutheran Church]]
|birth_place=[[Salamis, Cyprus|Salamis]], [[Roman Cyprus]]
|death_place=Salamis, Roman Cyprus
|beatified_date=
|beatified_place=
|beatified_by=
|canonized_date=[[Pre-Congregation]]
|canonized_place=
|canonized_by=
|attributes= [[Christian martyrs#Degrees of martyrdom|Red Martyr]], [[Pilgrim]]'s staff; [[olive branch]]; holding the [[Gospel of Matthew]]
|patronage=Cyprus, [[Antioch]], against [[hailstorms]], invoked as peacemaker
|major_shrine=[[Monastery of St Barnabas]] in [[Famagusta, Cyprus]]}}
{{Main|Christian martyrs}}
Church tradition developed outside of the canon of the New Testament describes the martyrdom of many saints, including the legend of the martyrdom of Barnabas.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|p=160|loc=Barnabas}} It relates that certain Jews coming to Syria and Salamis, where Barnabas was then preaching the gospel, being highly exasperated at his extraordinary success, fell upon him as he was disputing in the synagogue, dragged him out, and stoned him to death. His kinsman, John Mark, privately interred his body.{{sfn|Fleetwood|1874|p=600}}

Although it is believed he was [[martyr]]ed by being stoned, the [[apocrypha]]l [[Acts of Barnabas]] states that he was bound with a rope by the neck, and then being dragged only to the site where he would be burned to death.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

According to the ''History of the Cyprus Church'',<ref>Church of Cyprus, History of Cyprus Church, The Autocephaly of the Cyprus Church [http://www.churchofcyprus.org.cy/article.php?articleID=92 churchofcyprus.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723150830/http://www.churchofcyprus.org.cy/article.php?articleID=92 |date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> in 478 Barnabas appeared in a dream to the Archbishop [[Anthemios of Cyprus]] and revealed to him the place of his sepulchre beneath a [[carob]]-tree. The following day Anthemios found the tomb and inside it the remains of Barnabas with a manuscript of Matthew's Gospel on his breast. Anthemios presented the Gospel to Emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] at [[Constantinople]] and received from him the privileges of the [[Cypriot Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus]], that is, the purple cloak which the [[List of archbishops of Cyprus|Greek Archbishop of Cyprus]] wears at festivals of the church, the imperial sceptre and the red ink with which he affixes his signature.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Anthemios then placed the venerable remains of Barnabas in a church which he founded near the tomb. Excavations near the site of a present-day church and monastery, have revealed an early church with two empty tombs, believed to be that of St. Barnabas and Anthemios.<ref>Cyprus Commemorative Stamp issue: 1900th Death Anniversary of Apostle Barnabas, [http://www.philatelism.com/details.php?issueid=22 philatelism.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128113219/https://independent.academia.edu/ReinhardMarkner |date=2012-11-28 }}</ref>

St. Barnabas is venerated as the [[patron saint]] of [[Cyprus]]. He is also considered a patron saint in many other places in the world, highlighting 
[[Milan]] in [[Italy]]. On the island of [[Tenerife]] ([[Spain]]), St. Barnabas was invoked in historical times as patron saint and protector of the island's fields against drought, together with [[Benedict of Nursia|St. Benedict of Nursia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lalagunaahora.com/san-benito-patron-por-sorteo-de-los-frutos-y-ganados-de-tenerife-desde-1535-por-carlos-rodriguez-morales-y-iii/|title=San Benito, patrón por sorteo de los frutos y ganados de Tenerife desde 1535. Por Carlos Rodríguez Morales (y III)|date=29 June 2018 }}</ref>

Barnabas the Apostle is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|festival]] on 11 June.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Church of England|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309204842/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|url-status=live}}</ref>