Apostle 1st century
Apostle Onesiphorus of the Seventy
Praised by the Apostle Paul for often refreshing him and not being ashamed of his chains (2 Tim 1:16); by tradition a bishop who suffered martyrdom for the Gospel.
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Praised by the Apostle Paul for often refreshing him and not being ashamed of his chains (2 Tim 1:16); by tradition a bishop who suffered martyrdom for the Gospel.
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One of the Seventy Apostles; commemorated in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles (Jan 4).
Sources: Synaxarion; 2 Timothy 1; traditional catalogue of the Seventy Apostles