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{{More citations needed|reason=rove|date=March 2014}} Silvanus (Greek: Σιλουανός) is a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles, those followers of Jesus sent out by him in Luke 10. According to Orthodox tradition, he later became Bishop of Thessalonica and died a martyr."Apostle Silvanus of the Seventy", Orthodox Church in America {{citation needed|date=July 2014|reason=by whom was this first mentioned originally}}He is to be distinguished from the Silvanus, better known as Silas, who is mentioned in the New Testament (Acts, various letters of Paul, and 1 Peter) as a co-writer or transcriber of some of these works.

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