Philemon (; grc-gre,
Φιλήμων; ''Philḗmōn'') was an early Christian in
Asia Minor who was the recipient of a private letter from
Paul of Tarsus
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
. This letter is known as
Epistle to Philemon in the
New Testament. He is known as a saint by several Christian churches along with his wife Apphia (or Appia). Philemon was a wealthy Christian and a minister (possibly a bishop) of the
house church that met in his home.
The
Menaia
The Menaion ( el, Μηναῖον; Church Slavonic language, Slavonic: Минїѧ, ''Miniya'', "of the month") is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Churchand those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite containi ...
of 22 November speak of Philemon as a holy apostle who, in company with Apphia,
Archippus
Archippus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄρχιππος, "master of the horse") was an early Christian believer mentioned briefly in the New Testament epistles of Philemon and Colossians.
Role in the New Testament
In Paul's letter to Philemon (), Archipp ...
, and
Onesimus had been martyred at
Colossae during the first general persecution in the reign of
Nero.
In the list of the
Seventy Apostles, attributed to
Dorotheus of Tyre, Philemon is described as bishop of
Gaza
Gaza may refer to:
Places Palestine
* Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip
** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Lebanon
* Ghazzeh, a village in ...
.
Notes
External links
Santiebeati: Saint Philemon
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Seventy disciples
1st-century deaths
People in the Pauline epistles
Saints from Roman Anatolia
Christian saints from the New Testament
1st-century bishops in Roman Anatolia
1st-century Romans
Year of birth unknown
People from Colossae
Epistle to Philemon
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