II. ARISTOBULUS, whom S. Paul speaks of in his Epistle to the Romans, was, according to the modern Greeks, Brother to S. Barnabas. They say he was one of the seventy Disciples; that he was ordained a Bishop by S. Barnabas, or by S. Paul, whom he followed in his travels; that he was sent into England, where he laboured very much, made many converts, and at last ended his life. They keep his Festival on the 13th and 16th of March, and again upon the 31st of October. Others1 have doubted, whether Aristobulus whom S. Paul speaks of were a Christian; because S. Paul does not salute him, but those only who were met together in his house. Others2 make him to be the Father of the Apostles S. John the Evangelist and S. James Major, and confound him with Zebedee. But it is to no purpose to heap together a crowd of fables, since we know, that there is nothing certain concerning this Aristobulus.
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