Did St. Paul Pray for the Dead? Yes! – Today is the Feast Day of Onesiphorus

Defenders of the Catholic Faith · Sep 6, 2026

St. Paul wrote 2 Timothy shortly before his martyrdom. He spent the last days of his life in the Mammertine Prison in Rome, north of the Roman Forum. While in that prison he wrote to Timothy and says a prayer for a man dead man. “It seems apparent that St. Paul DOES pray for the dead. […] The post Did St. Paul Pray for the Dead? Yes! – Today is the Feast Day of Onesiphorus appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.