Saint Titus


Titus
Bishop and Companion of Paul
Born1st century AD
Died96 or 107 AD
Gortyn, Crete and Cyrenaica, Roman Empire
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox churches
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheranism
Anglican Communion
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrineHeraklion, Crete
FeastAugust 25 (Orthodoxy)
January 26 (Catholicism)
Thursday after fifth Sunday after feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church)[1]
PatronageCrete

Titus (/ˈttəs/ TY-təs; Greek: Τίτος; Títos) was an early Christian missionary and church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. He is believed to be a Gentile converted to Christianity by Paul and, according to tradition, he was consecrated as Bishop of the Island of Crete.[2]

Titus brought a fundraising letter from Paul to Corinth, to collect for the poor in Jerusalem. According to Jerome, Titus was the amanuensis of this epistle (2 Corinthians).[3] Later, on Crete, Titus appointed presbyters (elders) in every city and remained there into his old age, dying in Gortyna.[2]

  1. ^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 528.
  2. ^ a b Smith, William. Smith's Bible Dictionary 11th printing, November 1975. New Jersey: Fleming H. Revel Company. pp. 701–02.
  3. ^ Jerome, Letter 120: "Therefore Titus served as an interpreter, as Saint Mark used to serve Saint Peter, with whom he wrote his Gospel..."

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