festus porcius

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festus porcius - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Festus, Porcius
  the successor of Felix (A.D. 60) as procurator of Judea (Acts
  24:27). A few weeks after he had entered on his office the case
  of Paul, then a prisoner at Caesarea, was reported to him. The
  "next day," after he had gone down to Caesarea, he heard Paul
  defend himself in the presence of Herod Agrippa II. and his
  sister Bernice, and not finding in him anything worthy of death
  or of bonds, would have set him free had he not appealed unto
  Caesar (Acts 25:11, 12). In consequence of this appeal Paul was
  sent to Rome. Festus, after being in office less than two years,
  died in Judea. (See AGRIPPA.)