Saint Timothy
Timothy was an early Christian evangelist and the first Bishop of Ephesus, whom the Acts of Timothy relates died around AD 97.
Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra or of Derbe 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. 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 in the New Testament.
Patron saint of Invoked against stomach and intestinal disorders
In the Martyrology
- January 26 Saints Timothy and Titus, disciples of Saint Paul