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|<center>XIX.</center>||[[Apostle Onesimus|Onesimus]]||<center>Bishop of Byzantium</center>||[[February 15]]||Col 4:9; Philm. 1:10-16;||The holy Onesimus, mentioned by Paul in his epistle to Philemon, was tortured by Tertillus, Prefect of Rome, and died in Puteoli.||[[Image:St.Onesimus.jpg|75px]]
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|<center>XX.</center>||[[w:Epaphras|Epaphras]]||<center>Bishop of Colossae</center>||<center>-</center>||Col. 1:7, 4:12-13; Philm. 1:23;||Epaphras was Bishop of Colossae and also of the churches of Laodicea and [[Hierapolis(Turkey)|Hierapolis]]. He shared Paul's captivity in Rome, whence the great Apostle wrote the Colossians, ''Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal of you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis''.||<center>-</center>
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|<center>XXI.</center>||[[Apostle Archippus|Archippus]]||<center>Bishop of Colossae</center>||[[February 19]];<br>[[November 22]]||Col 4:17; Philm. 1:2;||Archippus, like Onesimus and Epaphras, is mentioned in the Epistle to Philemon. While Saint Epaphras was being held at Rome in fetters, Archippus succeeded him as Bishop of Colossae. Archippus was tending the flock of Christ in that city when Saint Paul wrote him this reminder: ''Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.''||<center>-</center>