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Timothy (whose Greek name means to fear or to honor God ) was a First-century Christian Bishop who died about AD 80 . He is venerated as a Saint by Christians honoring that Rite . Timothy was (16:2), where he probably resided, and where it seems he was converted during Paul's first visit to that place ( and parchments ( 2 Tim 4:13). According to later tradition, Paul ordained Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus in the year 65 , where he served for 15 years. In the year 80, Timothy tried to halt a pagan procession of idols, ceremonies and songs. In response to his preaching of the Gospel, the angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets and stoned him to death. In the 4th Century , his relics were transferred to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople . The Catholic church also numbers Timothy among the 70 Disciples sent out by Jesus to preach the Gospel . Two books of the New Testament bear his name: I Timothy and II Timothy. These are traditionally believed to have been written by the Apostle Paul to Timothy. |
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