Timothy

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Timothy male forename, name of an early saint. St Timothy (1st century ad), was a convert and disciple of St Paul. Traditionally he was the first bishop of Ephesus and was martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Nerva. His feast day is January 22 or 26.
Epistle to Timothy either of two books of the New Testament, epistles of St Paul addressed to St Timothy.