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Thomas, St (died AD 53)

In the New Testament, one of the 12 Apostles, said to have preached in southern India, hence the ancient churches there were referred to as the ‘Christians of St Thomas’. He is not the author of the Gospel of St Thomas, the Gnostic collection of Jesus' sayings.



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