Aquila
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(eagle) (Acts 18:2) — a Jew, by birth a native of Pontus, in Asia Minor. Expelled from Rome by the decree of the Emperor Claudius, which commanded all Jews to leave that city, he came with his wife Priscilla to Corinth, and lived there during the Apostle Paul’s first visit to that city (Acts 18:1), working at tentmaking. The Apostle Paul, upon arriving in Corinth, was hospitably received into Aquila’s house. He, together with his wife, also accompanied the apostle from Corinth to Ephesus, on his way to Syria.
In general they rendered important services to the Apostle Paul on several occasions; between them and him there existed a close friendship (Rom. 16:3–5). The house of Aquila and Priscilla, both in Corinth, in Ephesus, and in Rome, was a house church, where believers gathered for worship (1 Cor. 16:19). Nothing further is known of Aquila’s later fate. Greek mythology [i.e., hagiographic tradition, as given] says only that he was beheaded, and the Latin martyrologies mark his memory on July 8. His memory is kept by the Orthodox Church on July 14.