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title: "St. Onesimus: Feast Day February 16 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-onesimus/
description: "St. Onesimus, Bishop and Martyr. Remembered on February 16. Read their life in Bless."
---

Bishop and Martyr · Remembered on February 16

# St. Onesimus

St. Onesimus is remembered on February 16 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [February 16](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/#16) |
| Title | Bishop and Martyr |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, February 16, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-onesimus/#calendar) |

## Life

The runaway slave converted by Paul in prison and sent back to his master with the letter to Philemon, which asks that he be received no longer as a servant but as a most beloved brother. Ancient tradition makes him afterward a bishop and a martyr under Domitian: the Gospel’s answer to slavery in one life.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Onesimus. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, February 16, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/16/) | Tuesday of the First Week of Lent | Violet | Isaiah 55:10-11 · Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 · Matthew 4:4b · Matthew 6:7-15 |
| [Wednesday, February 16, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/16/) | Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | James 1:19-27 · Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 · Ephesians 1:17-18 · Mark 8:22-26 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[February 15 St. Claude de la Colombière](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-claude-de-la-colombiere/) [February 17 Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order](https://blessbible.app/saints/seven-holy-founders-of-the-servite-order/)

[All the saints of February](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/) [Born on February 16?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#02-16) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Onesimus

Remembered on February 16

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-onesimus/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-onesimus/#calendar)

In the app

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