Today is the dual feast of Saints Timothy and Titus (first century). Both were "apostles" or emissaries of St. Paul (Timothy to Ephesus and Titus to Corinth and Crete) and recipients of letters from Paul that have since become part of the canon of Scripture. And in fact, plenty of Paul's exhortations to Timothy have passed into the liturgy.
Most all we know of Timothy comes from Paul's letters. Apparently he was of a diffident, retiring nature but firm in the faith and unlikely to defect. He was close to Paul, accompanying him on journeys (to take Mark's place), assisting him and Silas, countersigning Paul's letters to Thessalonica, and journeying back and forth to Corinth with those epistles. He is called by Paul "my well beloved son" and is exhorted in Paul's last extremity to remain "in firm resolve, in patience, in love, in endurance" and entreated to come to him in his last hours. There is a long tradition that Timothy remained in Ephesus as bishop until his death by stoning and clubbing, a faithful witness til the end. Saints Timothy and Titus, pray for us.
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