Hugely popular name, Latinized form of the Hebrew name Samuel - "God (El) has heard".
The name of one of the twelve apostles [other apostles: Andrew brother of the Apostle Peter (the fisherman from Bethsaida, a disciple of John the Baptist), Peter (or Simon son of John, also called Cephas), John the Evangelist, James son of Zebedee, Philip of Bethsaida, Bartholomew aka Nathaniel, Matthew the tax collector (also Levi Alpheus), Thomas, James the son, Thaddeus son of Alpheus (also known as Jacob or Judah Levi) and Judas Iscariot (who betrayed Jesus)].
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