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==Martyrdom==
In the year 109, St. Onesimus was arrested and brought to trial before the Eparch Tertillus, during the reign of the Emperor Trajan. He held the saint in prison for eighteen days, and then sent him to prison in the city of Puteoli. After a while, the eparch sent for St Onesimus and had him stoned and beheaded for still maintaining his faith in Christ. A certain illustrious woman took the body of the martyr and placed it in a silver coffin.
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before=St. [[Apostle Stachys|Stachys]]|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Bishop of Byzantium (Constantinople)]]|
years=54-68|
after=[[Polycarpus I of Byzantium|Polycarpus I]]}}
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==Hymns==