Saint Akylas_Mural. 1,73m tall, tempera with plastic medium on canvas, glued on the wall. Byzantine decoration strip. -------------------------- Aquila (Gk. AºÍ»±Â Akúlas) is the name of a man in the New Testament. He was a Jew from Rome. During the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54) all the Jews were banished from Rome. Saint Aquilla and his wife Prisca or Priscilla were compelled to leave. They settled in Corinth, where Paul stayed with them (Acts 18:2-3). They became Christians and fellow-workers with Paul, to whom they seem to have shown their devotion in some special way.