When was Saint Timothy born?

Answer 1

He was a martyr for his faith about the year 97. 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.

Answer 2

Saint Timothy is the patron saint of stomach ailments. He traveled with his mentor Saint Paul. When Saint Timothy, age 80, was bishop, he tried to stop a pagan ritual that was in honor of the goddess Diana. He started to preach the gospel. It is said the pagans got angry and beat and stoned him to death. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on January 22nd, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates his feast day on January 26th, and he is remembered by the Lutheran Church and Episcopal Church on January 26th.

Answer 3

All who followed Christ were called saints. Timothy first listened to the words Christ spoke. Then by the power of the Holy Spirit he gained a testimony that Jesus was indeed the Christ and he became one of his saints or disciples and later an apostle who taught the words of Christ.

Answer 4

Timothy was not canonized. He was proclaimed a saint by early Christians because of his martyrdom by stoning about theyear 97 AD. The canonization process did not come into existence until the 12th century. In the primitive Church, martyrs were immediately recognized as witnessing to the perfection of Christian life on earth, having shown the ultimate proof of their love for Christ by the offering of their lives. By the sacrifice of their lives for Christ, they attained Heaven in eternal glory and were indissolubly united to the Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body.

Answer 5

In the days of the early Church the official process of canonization did not yet exist. That did not happen until the 12th century. Instead, Timothy, because of his martyrdom, would have been proclaimed a saint by acclamation of those who knew him and witnessed his life and death of heroic virtue. Martyrdom almost always assured a person the title of saint.

Answer 6

Saint Timothy was born in Lystra Lucaenia. The date though is not known but was probably about 25-30 AD. He was stoned to death in the year 97.

Answer 7

Saint Timothy was born in approximately AD 17 in Lystra, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).