Philemon (Bible)

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Philemon (Greek-Latin = "the friendly") is a person in the Bible to whom the Philemon epistle of the apostle Paul , preserved in the New Testament , is addressed. Philemon was probably converted to Christianity by Paul (Phlm 19) and subsequently supported him in his missionary work (Phlm 1).

According to legend, Philemon later became the bishop of his hometown Kolossai . He is ascribed a martyrdom under Emperor Nero , which he is said to have suffered together with Apphia , Archippos and Onesimus in Kolossai. On the orders of the governor Artocles, he is said to have been beaten with rods and then stoned to the waist.

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SURNAME Philemon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Kolossai
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century or 2nd century