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Onesimus
Sign in to saveOnesimus (, meaning "useful") was a Christian mentioned in the New Testament. He was a slave to Philemon, a Christian, and is the subject of Paul's Epistle to Philemon.
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.feast_day
- 15 February (formerly 16 February in the West)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchOriental Orthodox ChurchLutheranism
- Saint.image
- File:Onesimus and Philemon.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 220
- Saint.caption
- Decorated initial with Paul, Onesimus (delivering letter) and Philemon
- Saint.death_place
- Rome (then Roman province)
- Christian leader.honorific prefix
- Saint
- Christian leader.name
- Onesimus of Byzantium
- Christian leader.patriarch_of
- Bishop of Byzantium
- Christian leader.image
- St.Onesimus.jpg
- Christian leader.image_size
- 220
- Christian leader.caption
- Saint Onesimus
- Christian leader.enthroned
- 54 AD
- Christian leader.ended
- 68 AD
- Christian leader.predecessor
- Stachys the Apostle
- Christian leader.successor
- Polycarpus I of Byzantium
- Christian leader.death_date
- AD
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Colossae
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- presbyter
- Position held
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Onesimus of Byzantium (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
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- feast day
- February 15
- date of death
- 0068-00-00
- canonization status
- saint
- date of birth
- 0001-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- Commons category
- Onesimus of Byzantium
- cause of death
- stoning
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- In the New Testament
- In tradition
- Veneration
- Catholic Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Lutheran Churches
- Notes and references
- See also
- External links
Onesimus (, meaning "useful") was a Christian mentioned in the New Testament. He was a slave to Philemon, a Christian, and is the subject of Paul's Epistle to Philemon.
He may also be the same Onesimus mentioned by Ignatius of Antioch (died ) as bishop in Ephesus. Eastern Orthodox tradition also list an Onesimus as the third bishop of Byzantium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onesimus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.