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Onesiphorus
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 6 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
50
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Commemoration of Saint Onesiphorus, who often refreshed Saint Paul the Apostle at Ephesus and was not ashamed of his chains, but, having gone to Rome, sought him out diligently and found him.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 September as the man who often refreshed Saint Paul at Ephesus and sought him out in Rome.
Connected on this site
- Paul the Apostle Saint“Commemoration of Saint Onesiphorus, who often refreshed Saint Paul the Apostle at Ephesus and was not ashamed of his chains, but, having gone to Rome, sought him out diligently and found him.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q164212 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Onesiphorus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.