Baring-Gould’s sources: The Martyrology of Jerome, Bede, Usuardus, Hrabanus, Wandelbcrt. The " Martyrologium parvum,'’ S. Onesiphorus alone, as disciple of S. Paul, not as martyr. By Mclanus, Onesiphorus alone on Sept. 6, and Onesiphorus and Porphyry as Martyrs on Nov. 9. In the Greek Menolcgies Onesiphorus and Porphyry on July 15, or July 16. Also the Coptic Martyrologies, and again on Nov. 8 and 9. Onesiphorus as one of the lxx. disciples of Christ on April 29, along with Euodias. Again on Dec. 7, along with six others, disciples of S. Paul, as one of the lxx. and Bishop of Cheronsea. In the Menology of Basil on Dec. 8, and in some editions of the Mensea on Dec. 8, as Bishop of Csesarea. Again on Sept. 7, along with Euodias, as Bishop of Cephalonia. It is evident, therefore, that several of the same name have been confounded together. The modern Roman Martyrology adopts the version in the Mensea of his martyrdom with Porphyry.] NESIPHORUS is named twice in the second epistle of S. Paul to S. Timothy (i. 16-18, iv. 19). In the former passage S. Paul mentions him in terms of grateful love, as having a noble courage and generosity in his behalf, amid his trials as a prisoner at Rome when others from whom he had expected better things had deserted him; in the latter passage he singles out “ the household of Onesiphorus " as worthy of a special greeting. It has been thought from this and from the manner in which Onesiphorus is spoken of in the first passage with the prayer that “ the Lord may remember him in that day,,; that Onesiphorus was then dead, and that S. Paul wrote mentioning the good deeds of his departed friend in a letter which contained a message to his household. And this seems most probable. If so, the Onesiphorus commemorated by the Greeks on April 29 is the disciple of S. Paul, and the others of the same name are various bishops and martyrs of various dates.

According to the “ Martyrology of Florus ” he was sent by S. Paul to Samaria, where he preached and died in peace, a.d. 74; a bit of pure guess. Peter de Natalibus says that after the martyrdom of S. Paul he remained in Rome, and there died in peace. Another guess stated as a fact. The Greek Menaea says that Onesiphorus was a native of Iconium, and dwelt there. The Onesiphorus mentioned by S. Paul certainly dwelt with his household at Ephesus. He went to Paros, in the Hellespont, and there was captured, along with his servant Porphyry, and both were put to death, Onesiphorus by being tied to the tails of wild horses. One Onesiphorus commemorated by the Greeks was Bishop of Chaeronea, another Bishop of Cephalonia. These were evidently distinct from Onesiphorus the disciple of S. Paul, and from the martyr of Paros.

sept. 6.] Sanctianus, Augustinus, Bcata. 89