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Timothy | |
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 Icon of Saint Timothy | |
| Bishop, Martyr | |
| Born | c. AD 30 Lystra, Galatia, Roman Empire[1] or Derbe, Galatia, Roman Empire[2][3] |
| Died | unknown (The Acts of Timothy dates Timothy's death to c. AD 97 [aged 79/80]) Ephesus, Asia, Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheran Church |
| Feast | January 22 (Eastern Christianity) January 26 (Roman Catholic Church, Lutheranism, Anglican Communion) January 24 (some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) 23 Tobi (Coptic Christianity)[4] 27 Tobi (Relocation of Relics – Coptic Christianity)[5] Thursday after fifth Sunday after feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church)[6] |
| Attributes | pastoral staff[7] |
| Patronage | Invoked against stomach and intestinal disorders |
Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek: Τιμόθεος; Timótheos, meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God"[8]) was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus,[9] who tradition relates died around the year AD 97.
Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra[10] or of Derbe[2][3] in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father. The Apostle Paul met him during his second missionary journey and he became Paul's companion and missionary partner along with Silas.[11] The New Testament indicates that Timothy traveled with Paul the Apostle, who was also his mentor. He is addressed as the recipient of the First and Second Epistles to Timothy. While included in the Pauline epistles of the New Testament, First and Second Timothy are considered by many biblical scholars to be pseudoepigraphical and not written by Paul.
- ^ "Saint Timothy". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
Saint Timothy, (born, Lystra, Lycaonia [now Lusna, Tur.]
- ^ a b "2 Timothy 3 Barnes' Notes". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
Timothy was a native of either Derbe or Lystra, cities near to each other
- ^ a b "Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium." Acts 16:1
- ^ ""The Martyrdom of St. Timothy, the Apostle.", Coptic Orthodox Church Network".
- ^ ""The Relocation of the Relics of St. Timothy, the Apostle.", COCN".
- ^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 528.
- ^ "Agasso, Domenico. "Saint Timothy, Bishop", Santi e Beati, February 1, 2001".
- ^ "Timothy". Finde. Zelo. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
- ^ Eusebius (1965), "3.4", Historia Ecclesiastica [The History of the Church], Williamson, G.A. transl., Harmonsworth: Penguin, p. 109.
- ^ "Saint Timothy". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
Saint Timothy, (born, Lystra, Lycaonia [now Lusna, Tur.])
- ^ Acts 16:1–4