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Timothy (whose Greek language|Greek name means to
fear or to honor God) was a first century
Christianity|Christian bishop who died about 80
Anno Domini|AD (Common Era|CE).  He is venerated
as a saint by Christians honoring that rite.

Timothy was St. Paul of Tarsus|Paul's companion on
many of his journeys. His mother, Eunice, and his
grandmother, Lois, are noted as eminent for their
piety (2 Timothy 1:5). We know nothing of his
father but that he was a Ancient Greece|Greek
(Acts 16:1). Timothy is first mentioned at the
time of Paul's second visit to Lystra (16:2),
where he probably resided, and where it seems he
was converted during Paul's first visit to that
place
(1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 3:11). Paul, having been
impressed by his "own son in the faith", arranged
that he should become his companion (Acts 16:3),
and circumcision|circumcised him so that he might
be accepted by the Jews. He was ordained (1 Tim.
4:14), and went with Paul in his journey through
Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia; also to Troas and
Philippi and Veria|Berea (Acts 17:14). Then he
followed Paul to Athens, and was sent by him with
Silas on a mission to Thessalonica (17:15; 1
Thessalonians 3:2). He then went to Corinth (1
Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1) with Paul.
He was next  reported with Paul at Ephesus (Acts
19:22), when he was sent on a mission to
Macedonia. He accompanied Paul afterwards into
Syria (Acts 20:4), and then Judea, where he was
with him for some time. When Paul was a prisoner
at Rome, Timothy joined him (Epistle to
Philemon|Philemon 1:1), where it appears he also
suffered imprisonment (Epistle to Hebrews|Hebrews
13:23). During the Paul's second imprisonment, he
wrote to Timothy asking him to rejoin him as soon
as possible, and to bring with him certain things
he had left at Troas -- his cloak and parchments
(2 Timothy 4:13). 

According to 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 Church
also numbers Timothy among the 70 disciples sent
out by Jesus to preach the Gospel.

There are many famous people under the name
Timothy, for example Timothy Sheens or Timothy
Humphries.
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 the Apostle Timothy.
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Timothy is also the name of a Poaceae|grass, see
Timothy-grass.
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Timothy I is also the name of a Patriarch of
Constantinople, see Patriarch Timothy I of
Constantinople.