Saint Onesimus
Martyr (
c 95 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 15 February
St. Onesimus was a slave to Philemon, an influential man who had been converted by St. Paul. Onesimus offended Philemon & fled in order to escape any sort of retribution. He then met St. Paul while Paul was in a Roman prison 
Shortly after, Onesimus was baptized.
Paul then sent a letter 
to Philemon asking for Onesimus' freedom, so Onesimus could become one of his own assistants
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This letter is the Epistle to Philemon & entreats him to accept Onesimus “no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me”
Philemon pardoned Onesimus & he returned to faithfully serve St. Paul. We know that St. Paul made him, w/ Tychicus, the bearer of his Epistle to the Colossians (Col. 4:7-9)
Later, as St. Jerome & other fathers testify, he became an ardent preacher of the Gospel & succeeded St. Timothy as bishop ♝of Ephesus
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Onesimus was cruelly tortured in Rome 🏟️ 💪 for 18 days, by a governor who was infuriated by his preaching on the merit of celibacy. Onesimus' legs and thighs were broken with bludgeons before he was stoned to death.
His martyrdom occurred under Domitian around the year 95 A.D.
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