Onesiphorus

Onesiphorus (Greek: Ονησιφόρος; meaning "bringing profit" or "useful") was a Christian referred to in the New Testament letter of Second Timothy ( and ). According to the letter sent by St. Paul, Onesiphorus sought out Paul who was imprisoned at the time in Rome.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1746
Died: 1820
Works: 7

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Address to His Majesty's justices of the peace for the County of Gloucester on the administration and practical effects of the system of prison regulation, established in that county
Address to the justices of the county of Glocester, assembled at their Michaelmas general Quarter-Sessions, 1789
An address to the magistrates of the county of Glocester, assembled at their Michaelmas Quarter-Sessions, 1789, on a motion to consider of the appointment of officers, and of adopting regulations for the government of the new prisons building within the county; delivered by Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, Bart. ..
Considerations on the defects of prisons, and their present system of regulation
Observations on the state of the Glocester infirmary

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Key facts

Saint.name: Saint Onesiphorus
Saint.feast_day: 6 September (Catholic)7 September (Orthodox)
Saint.venerated_in: Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Saint.image: Onesiphorus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
Saint.caption: Onesiphorus, from the Menologion of Basil II.
Saint.death_place: Parium, Asia, Roman Empire
Saint.attributes: Christian Martyrdom

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Konya
Place of death: Ephesus
Position held: apostle
Image: Onesiphorus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg

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name in native language: Ὀνησιφόρος
Commons category: Onesiphorus
canonization status: hieromartyr
feast day: September 6
date of birth: 0050-00-00
member of: seventy disciples
subject has role: martyr

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Life
2 Timothy
References
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==Life== According to Orthodox tradition, Saint Onesiphorus was one of the seventy disciples chosen and sent by Jesus to preach. They were chosen some time after the selection of the Twelve Apostles (Luke 10:1-24). 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 on the shores of the Hellespont.

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