Editing Onesimus (section)

== In tradition ==
Though this is questioned by authorities such as [[Joseph Fitzmyer]],<ref>Fitzmyer paragraph 4</ref> it may be the case that this Onesimus was the same one consecrated a [[bishop]] by the Apostles, and who accepted the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|episcopal throne]] in Ephesus<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0104.htm The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians]</ref> following [[Saint Timothy]]. Whether in the reign of [[Roman emperor]] [[Domitian]] or the [[Persecution of Christians|persecution]] of [[Trajan]], Onesimus was imprisoned in Rome. He may have been [[martyred]] by [[stoning]] (some sources claim he was beheaded). However, since the reign of Domitian was from 81 to 96 AD, and that of Trajan lasted to 117, Onesimus' death would have to fall within these years and not in 68, as above.