Patrobas

Patrobas (meaning: life of his father or father's life) was a Christian in Rome to whom the apostle Paul sent greetings in his letter to the Romans (Romans 16:14). He is mentioned alongside Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, and Hermes as members of a distinct house-church or fellowship circle within the Roman Christian community, as Paul adds: and the brethren which are with them.

The Greek name Patrobas was common in the Roman world and was borne by a freedman of the emperor Nero who was put to death by Galba. Whether the Patrobas of Romans 16 had any connection to this figure is unknown. Like many of those greeted in Romans 16, Patrobas appears to have been part of the diverse community of Jewish and Gentile Christians who made up the Roman church before Paul's own visit to the city.