Onesimus
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Onesimus
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/3015
Onesimus was an early Christian associate of the apostle Paul in Rome. Onesimus had at one point been a slave of Philemon, a point which Paul discussed in his Epistle to Philemon. According to tradition, he later became a bishop and was martyred.
state: Martyr
state: Enslaved person
state: Bishop
state: Saint
Onesimus, St The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church