Saint Timothy

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Christian saint New Testament person bishop martyr

Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Timothy to guard the deposit of faith	1
Τιμόθεος	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ bishop ⓘ martyr ⓘ
associatedWith	Ephesus ⓘ Lystra ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Silas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
culture	Early Christians ⓘ surface form: Early Christianity
deathPlace	Ephesus ⓘ
era	1st century ⓘ
ethnicBackground	Jewish mother and Greek father ⓘ
feastDay	January 22 (Eastern Orthodox Church, with Saint Anastasius the Persian) ⓘ January 26 (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ
grandmother	Lois ⓘ
languageContext	New Testament Greek tradition ⓘ
mentor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
mother	Eunice ⓘ
notableFor	being a close companion of the Apostle Paul ⓘ leadership in the church at Ephesus ⓘ
notableWork	First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ surface form: First Epistle to Timothy (recipient) Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ surface form: Second Epistle to Timothy (recipient)
occupation	Christian missionary ⓘ bishop of Ephesus ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lystra ⓘ
positionHeld	first bishop of Ephesus ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleInEphesus	oversight of the Christian community ⓘ
scripturalMention	First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ surface form: 1 Corinthians First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ surface form: 1 Thessalonians Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ surface form: 2 Thessalonians Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ surface form: Colossians Epistle to Philemon ⓘ surface form: Philemon Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ surface form: Philippians Epistle to the Romans ⓘ surface form: Romans (New Testament epistle)
scripturalRole	co-sender of several Pauline epistles ⓘ companion of Paul on missionary journeys ⓘ
title	Apostolic man ⓘ Saint ⓘ
tradition	regarded as first bishop of Ephesus ⓘ venerated as a martyr at Ephesus ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timotheus → derivedFrom → Saint Timothy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Τιμόθεος

First Epistle to Timothy → exhorts → Saint Timothy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timothy to guard the deposit of faith

Timothy → hasNotableBearer → Saint Timothy ⓘ