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Saint Onesimus (, meaning "useful"; died c. 68 AD, according to Orthodox tradition), also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in some Eastern Orthodox churches, was a slave to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. He may be the same Onesimus named by Ignatius of Antioch as Bishop in Ephesus.
Onesimus, bishop of Byzantium (a runaway slave and early Christian convert mentioned in the New Testament of the Christian Bible).
Onesimus may also refer to:
- Onesimos (vase painter) (fl ca. 505 – ca. 480 BCE)
- Onesimus (son of Python), a Macedonian noble
- Onesimus of Kiev - a monk and saint - see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev
- Onesimus (Boston slave), the Sudanese slave of Boston Puritan Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
- Onesimos Nesib (ca 1856-1931), translated the Bible into the Ethiopian Oromo language
- Onesimus "Ness" Edwards (1897-1968), British politician
- Onesimus (1882), a book by Edwin Abbott Abbott
- Onesimus; A Quest For Freedom, (1992) a Christian video game
Onesilus, son of Python, was a Macedonian noble and councillor of King Perseus. Once Onesimus had failed to dissuade Perseus from going to war, he began to excuse himself, for one reason or another, from being involved in activities. He finally passed over to the Romans, when Perseus resolved to declare war against the latter, 169 BC, and received in consequence magnificent rewards from the Roman Senate.
Onesimus (Late 1600s–1700s) was a slave owned by Cotton Mather who saved Boston from smallpox by teaching inoculation. He was declared one of the Best Bostonians of All Time.