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Onesimus
saint and bishop
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 15 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1
Died
68
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Onesimus (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, 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.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Ignatius of Antioch Saint“He may also be the same Onesimus mentioned by Ignatius of Antioch (died c.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 16 February — "ST ONESIMUS, Martyr (First Century) — Onesimus was a slave of Philemon..."; the Roman Martyrology keeps him on 16 February, as on the page.
- Wikidata Q319568 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Onesimus (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.