In Biblical history, the Synagogue of the Libertines, were a group of Hellenistic Jews who attacked Saint Stephen (Acts vi. 9). The passage reads, “ανεστησαν δε τινες των εκ της συναγωγης της λεγομενης λιβερτινων και κυρηναιων και αλεξανδρεων και των απο κιλικιας και ασιας συζητουντες τω στεφανω,” and opinion is divided as to the number of synagogues named here. The probability is that there are three, corresponding to the geographical regions involved, Rome and Italy, North East Africa, and Asia Minor. In this case the Synagogue of the Libertines is the assembly of the Freedmen from Rome, descendants of the Jews enslaved by Pompey after his conquest of Judaea 63 n.c. However, “λιβερτινων και κυρηναιων και αλεξανδρεων” taken closely together, the first name must denote the people of some c