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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

Died

Beatified

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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.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Connected on this site

Ignatius of Antioch Saint
“He may also be the same Onesimus mentioned by Ignatius of Antioch (died c.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q319568 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Onesimus (CC BY-SA)

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