Silas (Bible)
Silas or Silvanus is a member of the first community Christian in Jerusalem and traveling companion of St. Paul in his first trip to Antioch and his second in Galatia.
Silas was named as a co-author and co-originator of the First and Second Thessalonians , books of the New Testament. Later, Silas accompanied Peter in his mission to bridge and Cappadocia. He also serves as a scribe of Peter: he wrote the First Epistle of Peter.
The name Silas is a nickname Greek name for the Latin Silvanus, which mean THE "forest". Although told in the Bible as Roman, the name "Silas" could derive from a pre-Romance languages in Italy, as suggested by the character "Asylum," Chief Warrior Etruscan which plays an important role in the epic the Aeneid of Virgil.
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