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Onesimus (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died c. 68 AD, according to Catholic tradition), [1] also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, [2] was a slave [3] to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith.
St. Onesimus, was a 4th-century bishop and pre-congregational saint of France. He was the fifth bishop of Soissons , [1] being appointed about 350 AD and holding office till 361 AD. He died in 361 AD and his feast day is May 13.
St Onesiphorus was bishop at Colophon (Asia Minor), and later at Corinth. Both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches hold that he died a martyr in the city of Parium (not far from Ephesus) on the shores of the Hellespont.
Onesimus, a slave that had departed from his master Philemon, was returning with this epistle wherein Paul asked Philemon to receive him as a "brother beloved" (Philemon 1:9–17). Philemon was a wealthy Christian, possibly a bishop [3] of the church that met in his home (Philemon 1:1–2) in Colossae.
Ignatius opens his letter by praising the Ephesians and highly commends Onesimus, stating: I received, therefore, your whole multitude in the name of God, through Onesimus, a man of inexpressible love, and your bishop in the flesh, whom I pray you by Jesus Christ to love, and that you would all seek to be like him. ...
Paul asks Philemon to "take back" Onesimus, [2] who may previously have been his slave. [3] Philemon is known as a saint by several Christian churches along with Apphia (or Appia), [4] seen as his wife. [5] Philemon was a wealthy Christian and a minister (possibly a bishop). [6]
Polycarpus I (Greek: Πολύκαρπος) was a bishop of Byzantium. He succeeded Bishop Onesimus in 69 AD, and served in that office until his death in 89 AD. His last eight years of office (from 81 AD) were during Emperor Domitian's persecution of the Christians.
And this is to be universally understood, that if any one be made bishop without the consent of the Metropolitan, the great Synod has declared that such a man ought not to be a bishop. If, however, two or three bishops shall from natural love of contradiction, oppose the common suffrage of the rest, it being reasonable and in accordance with ...